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US man pleads guilty to defrauding music streamers out of millions using AI (www.theguardian.com)
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[-] vane@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Smith was charged in September 2024 with fraudulently obtaining more than $10m in royalty payments by amassing as many as 661,440 streams daily between 2017 and 2024, yielding annual royalties of $1,027,128.

This already deserves movie adaptation.

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