How Fake Music Is Bleeding Real Artists Dry
About this episode
The episode discusses how streaming has led to new forms of crime in the music industry, including fake streams and digital fraud.
For better or worse, streaming changed the music business forever. But it also created an entirely new kind of crime. Or actually, a whole bunch of new kinds of crimes. This week on Tape Spaghetti, Scott and Blake pull back the curtain on the shadowy underground industry of fake streams, click farms, bot networks, AI-generated music, and digital fraud. The guys also explore how streaming royalties are supposed to work in the first place, and why every fake play can take money directly out of legitimate artists' pockets. Ever wondered how someone can make millions from songs that nobody has actually heard, or how your playlist could become part of an international money-laundering scheme? This episode may have you looking at your favorite streaming app very, very differently.
People in this episode
Hosts: Blake Wyland, Scott Marquart
Topics covered
- music industry
- streaming
- digital fraud
- fake streams
- royalties
- AI in music
Keywords
- streaming
- music business
- fake streams
- click farms
- digital fraud
- royalties
- AI-generated music
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: streaming, click farms, bot networks, AI-generated music, digital fraud
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