Well, the author did consider that possibility further down:
> If I wanted to seek revenge on a relatively unknown artist that I had a personal vendetta against, couldn't I simply repeatedly stream one of their songs in an effort to get their work removed from the service?
And this type of thing has been a problem in related industries. Things like this (used to?) happen with internet ad agencies, wherein a competitor will try to hurt your business by emulating click-fraud on your website's ads. Or a really passionate fan will think, "I'll support these guys by clicking their ads a hundred times!".
> If I wanted to seek revenge on a relatively unknown artist that I had a personal vendetta against, couldn't I simply repeatedly stream one of their songs in an effort to get their work removed from the service?
And this type of thing has been a problem in related industries. Things like this (used to?) happen with internet ad agencies, wherein a competitor will try to hurt your business by emulating click-fraud on your website's ads. Or a really passionate fan will think, "I'll support these guys by clicking their ads a hundred times!".