# Spotify Streaming Fraud Lawsuit That Claimed Drake Gets Billions of Fake Plays Dismissed by Judge

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/spotify-streaming-fraud-lawsuit-that-claimed-drake-gets-billions-of-fake-plays-dismissed-by-judge/
- Published: 2026-10-26T18:52:40+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T19:36:50+00:00
- Original publisher: Billboard
- Original article: https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-drake-lawsuit-streaming-bots-dismissed-judge/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Music, TV

## Key points

- A judge permanently dismissed RBX’s lawsuit against Spotify.
- The case alleged fake streams diverted royalties from legitimate artists.
- Drake was mentioned but was not a defendant.

## Summary

A US federal judge has permanently dismissed rapper RBX’s class-action lawsuit accusing Spotify of failing to stop fake streams that allegedly boosted Drake and other popular artists. The ruling means the case cannot be brought again, and the judge found RBX had not plausibly shown that Spotify broke the law or selectively enforced its anti-bot policies.

RBX, whose name is Eric Collins, argued that fraudulent plays diverted royalties from legitimate streams in a system where revenue is shared from a finite pool. The judge said Spotify owed him no special duty to protect him from bots and found no basis for his claims under California’s Unfair Competition Law. Drake was cited in the lawsuit but was not a defendant; Spotify has said it invests in systems to detect and penalise fake streams.

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