Zero Tolerance for Fraud Policy

Last updated: February 02, 2026

At Soniply Distro we fiercely protect the supply chain of major DSPs (Digital Service Providers). Acting with malice (artificial streams, bots, royalty scams) not only affects your catalog, it affects all of our legitimate users in the industry.

1. Artificial Streaming and Bot Farms

It is strictly forbidden for the Licensor (You) to deliberately acquire "fake" plays, followers (on Spotify/Apple/etc.), or to be featured in "paid" playlists (Payola) of doubtful reputation that generate artificial streams by computers hosted on servers to exalt false peaks of popularity.

Any growth of the music hosted through our system must be organic or obtained by transparent marketing systems authorized by the stores.

2. Financial Intervention: Retention and Takedown

When a platform like Spotify sends us an Artificial Stream Strike report:

• Precautionary Takedown: The material in question will be removed with or without prior warning preventively to safeguard other artists integrated under our commercial umbrella.
• Indefinite Withholding of Funds: The royalties corresponding to those months or periods under the "fraud" track will be withheld indefinitely. The platforms do not remit fraudulent money to us, nor will we remit it to you. In the vast majority of cases, stores demand massive refunds of these funds.

3. Acceptance of Disciplinary Charges (DSP Fines)

Platforms allied with our provider networks implement severe fees and fines (Dispute & Penalty Fees) charged to the distributor (Soniply / B2B Partners) for the inconvenience of processing garbage submissions and streams.

By validating and digitally signing a release with Soniply Distro, you unconditionally agree that, if found guilty by the stores' internal fraud auditing systems, the legal cost imposed (Fine) on our company will be deducted as a final charge to the conflicting artist's overall account balance. If there is no positive balance, the account will be disabled in our AI creators network until the fine is liquidated.

4. Identity Theft and Sample Exploitation

Uploading audio and masters belonging to third-party composers not affiliated with the rightsholder (direct Copyright theft, stolen samples, or uploading someone else's songs with third-party metadata pretending to be an official team of a famous musician) is a federal crime.

The infringing user who alters metadata for these purposes and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), will face summary suspension under our exclusive powers, a halt to any total panel withdrawals, and having their IP and submitted information forwarded, if applicable, to the competent law firm of the counterpart reporting the criminal case of infringement and theft of authorial salary.

The creator's integrity backs us before logistics partners in North America and internationally. One bad apple interrupts a transparent forest of royalties for hundreds of ethical clients. It is our obligation to eradicate it.