A collective of music publishers, record labels, collecting societies and others in the music sector have today published a code of conduct aimed at addressing cases of "stream manipulation" of online music. 
 
Stream manipulation involves the artificial creation, by human or non-human means, of online of offline plays on audio and audio-visual streaming services.
 
The International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP), the global trade association representing the 3 Majors, Indie publishers, 51 national associations across 6 continents and hundreds of SMEs is in support of this initiative.