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How artists are exploiting lax metadata protections by streaming services

What if tagging the wrong artist pages on DSPs wasn’t just a headache to resolve, but also a money-making scheme?
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Having turned over $27m in 2018, Epidemic Sound is roasted by songwriter group for buy-out deals

Epidemic responds by suggesting traditional industry is bothered by its “disruptive” model
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Why Spotify’s ‘fake artists’ issue, like so much in streaming, comes back to transparency

BASCA’s Vick Bain on why Swedish service should make ‘everything clearer’ for songwriters – and for listeners

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So… who’s actually behind Spotify’s fake artists?

One production duo in Stockholm is responsible for quite a lot of these songs

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