artificially inflated music streaming
"Michael Smith, 52, allegedly used AI to create hundreds of thousands of fake songs by nonexistent bands, then streamed them using bots to collect royalties from platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music”
but it's not about the generative AI:
"While the AI-generated element of this story is novel, Smith allegedly broke the law by setting up an elaborate fake listener scheme."
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/fbi-busts-musicians-elaborate-ai-powered-10m-streaming-royalty-heist/
Assaf 🥥🌴 /
npub1x6…htc9e
2024-09-06 00:57:44
Author Public Key
npub1x63s0q69wcpvzuktgpxh02679x0skt6gdjnregct8f9lqmjuq3rsdhtc9ePublished at
2024-09-06 00:57:44Event JSON
{
"id": "f3acd3e1557e83ab4deef400de21b6933fc39738ab9a853d55979187604c2b4d",
"pubkey": "36a30783457602c172cb404d77ab5e299f0b2f486ca63ca30b3a4bf06e5c0447",
"created_at": 1725584264,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mas.to/@assaf/113087890388297111",
"web"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mas.to/users/assaf/statuses/113087890388297111",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://mas.to/users/assaf/statuses/113087890388297111",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "artificially inflated music streaming\n\n\"Michael Smith, 52, allegedly used AI to create hundreds of thousands of fake songs by nonexistent bands, then streamed them using bots to collect royalties from platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music”\n\nbut it's not about the generative AI:\n\n\"While the AI-generated element of this story is novel, Smith allegedly broke the law by setting up an elaborate fake listener scheme.\"\n\nhttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/fbi-busts-musicians-elaborate-ai-powered-10m-streaming-royalty-heist/",
"sig": "944ee6a8e8acf5c12e03b0d562597b4016fa592bb18d56bde536ea3b57e0c4390f90c6e7cdafbecc6ae6dca8a3d01880c2be01429a9bf1e61250ec741b9041e8"
}