( October 29, 2026, 1:23 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Spotify USA Inc. on Oct. 28 filed its proposed judgment of dismissal in California federal court after a federal judge dismissed with prejudice a putative class action brought against it by a rapper who accused the company of negligence and violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) for allegedly failing to prevent billions of artificial “bot streams” of music by musicians such as Drake, which allegedly reduced the revenue pool open to competing musicians....