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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Spotify Faces Lawsuit Over 'Billions' of Bot Streams That Favoured Drake, Reducing Other Artists' Royalties

A new class action lawsuit in the United States is accusing Spotify of enabling large-scale streaming fraud on its platform, with rapper Drake allegedly benefiting most from the artificial boost in plays.

The lawsuit, filed in California, claims that billions of inauthentic streams were used to inflate Drake's presence on the platform between 2022 and 2025, which, in turn, reduced the royalty pool available to other musicians.

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