The critical conversation around trust & safety in music’s digital marketplaces has never been louder, but as each business lays out its own position, how can the industry align to formulate a collaborative approach to a nuanced issue?

As founding members of Music Fights Fraud, the global task force aimed at eradicating streaming fraud, CD Baby, FUGA and parent company Downtown, are actively working with partners, clients and competitors to create an industry where genuine content creators can thrive. In this discussion, our panel will focus on the impact of streaming fraud, how a proactive approach to trust & safety is necessary and why AI=Fraud isn’t the nuanced understanding the industry needs to progress.

Publishers and songwriters know the importance of metadata when it comes to getting paid for their music, and tech companies are hard at work creating new products, services, and platforms to make the process of cleaning, uploading, and updating this information as easy as possible. On this panel, representatives from several of these companies will come together to discuss future opportunities for metadata, how it will spawn new platforms, and how these platforms can work together to drive discovery and accuracy.