Sweden (CelebrityAccess) – Streaming fraud is one of the biggest challenges facing the music industry today. Detailed streaming data can be difficult to access and interpret, so legitimate artists often have no way of knowing if their music is being streamed by bots until the music is removed from the DSP. Data-driven artist services company Amuse has launched Stream Check, an industry-first tool to increase data transparency and identify fraudulent streams, to provide artists with the resources to proactively combat manual streams.
“While many bad actors systematize streaming scams, artificial streams can also happen to artists who have done nothing at all. Artists may use third-party promotional partners without a clue, but This turns out to be a poor choice, or legitimate tracks are added to a third-party playlist that exploits bots without the artist’s knowledge, but the artist will face penalties. Amuse interim chief product officer said Eric Soderblom. “Amuse is proud to provide artists with proactive solutions that put them in the driver’s seat and with all the tools they need to monitor and protect their catalogs and livelihoods.”
Stream Check takes a nuanced approach to manual streaming, allowing artists to understand the consequences. While other publishers have adopted reactionary strike systems and even monetized them through the possibility of reuploading music that has been taken down, Amuse offers a proactive alternative: a colorful catalog health bar that shows where Spotify is Last month it was thought that what share of an artist’s streams was artificial.
If an artist’s Stream Check dashboard shows no human activity, they don’t need to take any action. On the other hand, health bars in orange or red areas indicate that streaming fraud is occurring and artists risk being fined or having their music removed from the DSP. Fortunately, Amuse also provides a knowledge base on proactive actions these artists can take against manual flow to eliminate these risks and restore the health of their catalogs.
“As an extremely data-focused company, Amuse spent years building an internal system to prevent streaming fraud and collect monthly Spotify Withheld Streams reports. As a result of all this groundwork, we developed in a matter of weeks Stream Check function. explain Louise FrodshamDirector of Account Operations at Amuse. “We’re excited to roll out this feature to all artists who distribute music through Amuse, and we look forward to continuing to educate and provide data so they can solve this industry-wide problem.”
