Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Drake’s Spotify Success Was Driven By Bots Has Officially Been Dismissed

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Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Drake’s Spotify Success Was Driven By Bots Has Officially Been Dismissed

A judge has hit pause on a closely watched streaming-fraud fight that dragged Drake’s numbers into the spotlight.

According to Billboard, U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton dismissed rapper RBX’s class action lawsuit against Spotify on Monday, June 22, ruling the case did not include enough specific facts to move forward. RBX, born Eric Collins, accused the platform of turning a “blind eye” to bots and letting fake streams benefit major artists while smaller rights holders lost royalties. His filing called Spotify’s anti-fraud rules “inadequate at best.”

Judge Staton wrote, “Plaintiff has failed to plausibly allege that the harm he has suffered outweighs any justification Spotify may have for maintaining its current policies regarding artificial streaming.”

Spotify has denied wrongdoing, saying it “in no way benefits from the industry-wide challenge of artificial streaming” and uses “best-in-class systems to combat it.”

RBX’s lawyers previously argued Spotify’s rules were “nothing more than window dressing,” adding, “The more users (including fake users) Spotify has, the more advertisements it can sell.”

Drake was not sued or accused of wrongdoing. RBX has 21 days to amend the lawsuit.