France’s Centre National de Musique released the results of a landmark study into France’s music industry focusing on illegitimate streaming practices. The conclusion? At least 1%-3% of music streams in the country are fraudulent. i.e. They are generated, often via paid-for stream farms, by those “bad actors” in a bid to siphon royalty money away from legitimate artists. The CNM says that its new study considered a vast set of data provided by Spotify, Deezer, and Qobuz, plus data provided by “a panel of distributors.”
