DistroKid, Distributing ‘Roughly 40%’ of All New Music, Hasn’t yet Signed IFPI’s New Anti-Fraud Standards… Unlike CD Baby.
The initiative sets five anti-fraud commitments for distributors, and 24 companies and trade bodies have already signed on, the IFPI said.
- On Monday, September 14, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry launched the Streaming Integrity Initiative , a new industry commitment to combat streaming fraud and protect artists, songwriters and fans from its harm.
- "Streaming fraud involves the manipulation of digital music services to generate revenue from plays that are not genuine," the IFPI said. The initiative provides five commitments for participating distributors, focusing on fraud reduction and addressing AI-related risks.
- Twenty-Four companies and trade bodies have signed on, representing over 8,000 record companies. Signatories include Universal Music Group , Sony Music Group, Warner Music Group , and Merlin.
- DistroKid remains a notable absence, despite claiming to distribute "roughly 40%" of "all new music in the world" for over 4 million artists. The company previously helped launch the Music Fights Fraud Alliance in 2023.
- Participation in the SII is voluntary, with no reporting obligations or penalties for signatories. As AI-generated content grows, Deezer reports taking in nearly 90,000 fully AI-generated tracks daily, underscoring the urgency of protecting streaming integrity.
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The recording industry’s global trade body has launched a new commitment asking music distributors to stop fraudulent tracks before they reach streaming services. IFPI announced the Streaming Integrity Initiative in London on 14 September. Twenty-seven companies and industry groups back it at launch. They include Sony Music Group, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group. […] This story continues at The Next Web
The figure that Deezer published sums up the problem: in June 2026, more than 50% of all the new music delivered to the platform was entirely generated by AI—about 90,000 tracks a day. But those recordings represented only between 1% and 3% of the actual listening. And up to 85% of the... Continue reading »The news The music industry launches Streaming Integrity Initiative to combat AI fraud: up to 85% of AI-generated music streams were fake in …
The industry body IFPI is launching the Streaming Integrity Initiative to prevent AI-generated music from being used to lure money from streaming services, reports the Financial Times. More than a dozen record labels and distributors are participating in the venture. Among them are music giants Sony Music, Universal Music and Warner Music. The phenomenon they want to stop is that fraudsters use AI to quickly create vast quantities of songs, wher…
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