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Good morning Indie Weekers! Rhea's got the right idea; grab a coffee and let's get the LAST day started☕ Yesterday's panel, presented by A2IM's Official Trust & Safety partner @beatdapp explored how independent artists & labels can protect themselves in the fight against fraud!

.@AndrewBatey / @beatdapp: “21% more streaming revenue was returned to artists last year” because of streaming fraud that was exposed and stopped. #NYMusicMonth

DYK about high-level hacks on music streaming services causing billions of plays on devices anywhere without you knowing? @AndrewBatey of @beatdapp shares this frightening level of fraud affecting artists losing revenue, plus an invasion to listeners. #NYMusicMonth @ashleyrcarman

"The streaming boom has given rise to a bevy of services offering artists the chance to buy their way to success. A simple Google search for 'buy Spotify streams' currently yields 44mn results" More on streaming fraud here: on.ft.com/3XdWGBP #FakeStreams #MusicBiz

"In the first phase of the overhaul, Universal Music wants to stamp out online bots. Beatdapp, a start-up focused on identifying streaming fraud, estimates that about 10 per cent of all streams on US platforms are fraudulent." More on streaming fraud here: on.ft.com/3XdWGBP

"The music industry is contending with the growing manipulation of the system, including using bots to inflate listening figures and the uploading of 31-second clips that are just long enough to qualify as a 'play'." More info on streaming fraud here: on.ft.com/3XdWGBP

"Universal Music Group is in talks with big streaming platforms to overhaul the industry’s streaming model economics and direct more money towards artists" More on streaming fraud within the Music Industry here → on.ft.com/3XdWGBP #MusicIndustry #FakeStreams

Beatdapp has added music industry veterans Howie Singer and Adam Parness to its advisory board.. The company says that the two latest additions "bring invaluable perspective, tremendous knowledge, and deep industry relationships to Beatdapp." More here → bit.ly/3W3BfmK

“It is clear that AI and ML can identify fraudulent streams accurately and quickly. Beatdapp has demonstrated the technical ability to develop those techniques now & to improve the models over time as conditions warrant", Singer said. More here → bit.ly/3W3BfmK

“In the past two years of working closely with the leadership team at Beatdapp, I continue to marvel at the company’s technology and their ability to identify fraudulent stream activity beyond the capabilities of DSPs." Full article here: bit.ly/3W3BfmK #MusicTech

"Parness & Singer have played key roles in accelerating the adoption of our technology, and from day one have had conviction matching our own about why the industry needs Beatdapp." More information on Beatdapp's advisory board here: bit.ly/3W3BfmK #StreamingFraud

Streaming content auditor and fraud detection company Beatdapp has added music industry veterans Howie Singer and Adam Parness to its advisory board. Click here to learn more about Beatdapp's advisory board members → bit.ly/3W3BfmK #StreamingFraudDetection #MusicTech

"Streaming revenues have grown in their importance, inauthentic activity has increased as well, which undermines the accuracy of payments to artists and rightsholders", said Singer. For more information on Beatdapp's advisory members, click here: bit.ly/3W3BfmK

Regarding possible limitations of the study, Hayduk says, "The report only looks at country-level data. This means it does not account for VPN usage that allows fraudsters to mask their country of origin." More here → bit.ly/3R27ykX #BlockChainSolutions #MusicIndustry

“We’re happy with the effort by the CNM and the French government as a whole to look into this and take it seriously.. This issue deserves the weight and attention that they gave to it” says Morgan Hayduk, co-CEO of Beatdapp. Full article here: bit.ly/3R27ykX

“It’s not uncommon when we find fraud cases to see 15 devices spreading plays across 30 countries", says Batey, co-CEO of Beatdapp. To catch that, he says, “you need a global view.” Full read available here: bit.ly/3R27ykX #StreamingFraudDetection #MusicBusiness

"I believe we are so far ahead of what any individual entity can do in terms of having their own fraud team, because we're looking at billions of streams and our models are learning faster and faster each day." More on Beatdapp here → bit.ly/3R5TJku

"Within any labels repertoire, there are examples of artists who have been collateral damage of streaming fraud, because sometimes you have to bury the song you're actually targeting in plain sight by hosting other music around it." More info here → bit.ly/3R5TJku

"It's our job to make sure that not only are the models best in class the day they're deployed, but they're maintained over time with new training data so that they don't become stagnant and brittle" More info on Beatdapp here → bit.ly/3R5TJku #MusicBiz