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\n\tA lawsuit accusing streaming giant Spotify<\/a> of \u201cturning a blind eye\u201d to billions of allegedly fraudulent streams of Drake<\/a>\u2019s music has been permanently dismissed.<\/p>\n \n\tThe proposed class-action lawsuit, first reported by Rolling Stone<\/em> last November<\/a>, was rejected Friday after a judge found that rapper RBX<\/a>, the lead plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit, failed to establish that Spotify owed him a specific legal duty or that he suffered the type of harm necessary to support a negligence claim. <\/p>\n \n\tIn a 16-page ruling obtained by Rolling Stone<\/em>, U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton said that RBX, whose legal name is Eric Dwayne Collins, failed to allege sufficient facts to support his claims that Spotify unfairly enforced its rules, committed fraud, or harmed consumers or competitors.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAlthough plaintiff may have less power in the music industry as compared to Spotify, that does not mean his relationship with Spotify is characterized by any protection Spotify gives to plaintiff,\u201d Staton wrote. She said the allegations instead showed a \u201cmutually beneficial economic\u201d relationship, despite a power imbalance typical of dealings between corporations and individuals.<\/p>\n