Streaming Fraud

Rob Stringer says music streaming fraud ‘is a problem that must be eliminated’, calls for better payouts from short-form video platforms

Sony Music Group Chairman covers various key industry topics in presentation to Sony Corp investors

‘Fake streams are nothing new, but the recordings business is only just waking up to the scale of the practice.’

The following op-ed comes from Pascal Bittard, founder of France-based independent distributor IDOL

Streaming fraud accounts for at least 1-3% of plays on services like Spotify and Deezer in France, shows investigation

Landmark study into France's music industry focuses on illegitimate streaming practices