The record industry’s battle against stream manipulation continues. A number of sites that offer sneaky services of that kind in Brazil have been targeted by local trade body Pro-Música Brasil and global grouping the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry.
Stream manipulation, of course, is when companies create artificial plays for tracks on the streaming platforms boosting the overall play count. Such activity can help make artists and tracks look more popular than they really are and – because of the way streaming income is shared out each month – the stream scammers and their clients can get more money out of the system than they put in.