Business

Two Ways Scammers Game Spotify

Buy the streams or hack the playlists.

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March 23, 2018 at 9:01 AM UTC

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This article is part of the March 26, 2018 issue of businessweek.

① Buy streams

You pay a company to stream your songs a certain number of times—one charges $2.99 per 1,000 plays for a minimum of 500,000 plays.