Dagens Næringsliv has presented strong and seemingly credible allegations that Tidal has manipulated streaming data for artists Beyonce and Kanye West. TONO is now reporting the case to Økokrim. – We must protect the interests of the rights holders we work for, but we believe that a report must also be in the interests of Tidal, who claims that the data has been stolen and manipulated, says TONO CEO Cato Strøm.
/ 14/05/2018 / Willy MartinsenBeyonce's album "Lemonade" and Kanye West's album "The Life of Pablo" are said to have been registered with 320 million fake plays, according to Dagens Næringsliv. On behalf of the newspaper, a group at NTNU's "Center for Cyber and Information Security" (CCIS) has analyzed the logs DN has accessed, which allegedly show when Tidal's customers have listened to music. CCIS's conclusion is that data manipulation has occurred in certain periods. Tidal, on the other hand, claims that the CCIS report is based on incorrect premises, that DN has changed the data and lied to NTNU about the origin and content of the data.
– We have had a long-standing and good customer relationship with Tidal, and are surprised that they have not taken the opportunity to give us, and the public, an explanation for what has emerged in Dagens Næringsliv. TONO must protect the interests of both the Norwegian and foreign composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers we represent, and the information that appears in DN is so serious that we have chosen to report the case to Økokrim. We believe this is also to the benefit of Tidal, who believes that the data has been stolen and manipulated, says Cato Strøm, CEO of TONO.
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