As fraudsters become more sophisticated, the industry should rise as one to meet the challenge.
Sertanejo artist Alex Ronaldo created a stream farm as a side hustle, but "everything is bought and paid for here," says one music manager.
Police are investigating after the U.K. collecting society discovered what sources have described as potentially fraudulent artist accounts and royalty claims.
With the pressure on, distributors may need to be more proactive about their role in the spread of fraud moving forward. Will they be?
IMPALA, AIM and A2IM are accusing the powerful platform of trying to divide the independent sector by boycotting licensing talks with the organization.
This week's most important music industry stories in Canada.
The annual report by the U.S. Trade Representative notes many e-commerce and social platforms did implement "new anti-counterfeiting tools" last year.
Beatdapp also announced partnerships with SoundExchange and Napster
While Spotify is just now moving towards a penalty system, Apple quietly started making "financial adjustments" for repeat fraudsters more than a year ago.
Labels and distributors will be charged 10 euros per song when Spotify determines the overwhelming majority of plays on a track are artificial.
