Spotify criticized for letting fake albums appear on real artist pages

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Real bands struggle to remove fake albums from their Spotify pages.

The album's cover also gave the scheme away, using a generic font and neon stock image that invoked none of the trippy imagery that characterized Gong's typical album covers.

The real fan detected the fake instantly, and not just because the generic electronic music sounded nothing like Gong's experimental sounds.

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Author / Journalist: Ashley Belanger

Category: Technology

Markets: United States

Topics: Streaming fraud Spotify Fraud Policy Streaming music

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Published On: 2024-10-15 @ 16:40:24 (11 hours ago)

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