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Takedown Fails: Artists Are Seeing Their Music Removed From DSPs for Streaming Fraud They Didn’t Commit
Streaming fraud is one of the industry's biggest challenges — but some artists are having their music removed from DSPs for fraud they didn't commit.
On February 9, the electronic artist Benn Jordan, who performs under the alias the Flashbulb, was attempting to reference one of his songs during a recording session but couldn’t access his music on Spotify or Tidal. TuneCore CEO Andreea Gleason and VP of Artist Support Erica Clayton revealed the pressure they were under from streaming services, which led them to implement these admittedly aggressive policies. DistroKid, on the other hand, has implemented a strike system by which artists are notified that Spotify has reported significant artificial streaming activity on their music.
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