A look at music streaming fraud, including bot farms and pirates relabeling musicians' work to steal revenue; Beatdapp estimates fraud costs musicians $2B/year (David Segal/New York Times)

David Segal / New York Times:

A look at music streaming fraud, including bot farms and pirates relabeling musicians’ work to steal revenue; Beatdapp estimates fraud costs musicians $2B/year  —  Bad Dog, a group from D.C., was forced to take a crash course in streaming fraud, a shadowy realm that costs musicians $2 billion a year.