Aug 24, 2020 2 min read

More court orders issued against stream scammers in Germany

The German record industry has secured injunctions against five more websites accused of enabling stream manipulation.

The court orders target websites Socialnow.de, Socialgeiz.de, Likergeiz.de, Netlikes and Likesandmore. Meanwhile, a sixth site, Fanexplosion.de, seemingly voluntarily stopped offering streams-for-pay services after receiving a cease-and-desist notice.

Stream manipulation is where companies set up numerous accounts with streaming services and then set those accounts listening to specific tracks, so to boost the stats associated with said recordings.

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