We have never used such a service and the counter claim form from is based around questions asking to detail use of services, hard to fill in if you haven’t used any,” wrote Manchester-based Heavy Salad.
“Our album was removed for alleged fraudulent streams citing the alleged use of streaming services.
services that provide paid streams – reads: “Third party promotional services that advertise streams in return for payment violate our terms & conditions, and using them could result in your music being removed from Spotify.” Part of an answer to a question concerning the legitimacy of third-party promotional services – i.e. Spotify appears to have offered an explanation for the alleged indie-music purge in the “promotion” FAQ section of its Spotify for Artists resource. The sources now include emails to Digital Music News, a report from music industry attorney Wallace Collins, a detailed breakdown of the situation from DistroKid, and numerous social media posts. Multiple sources have now pointed to a pulldown that started at the beginning of this month and has impacted an estimated 750,000 tracks. Photo Credit: Logan Weaver Spotify is reportedly removing hundreds of thousands of indie tracks over alleged “artificial stream” violations DistroKid is already offering a “counter-notification” process for artists whose songs have been pulled down.Ī musician recently reached out to Digital Music News with word of the reported indie-track takedowns on Spotify - and that was just the start of a flurry of reports on the ugly situation.
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