RBG@discuss.tchncs.de to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months agoFBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heistarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1160arrow-down1external-linkFBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heistarstechnica.comRBG@discuss.tchncs.de to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepowerofm@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down1·2 months agoDefinitely an abuse of the system, but I’m struggling to see where criminal law says you can’t make a bunch of fake accounts to listen to garbage music.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoIn agreeing to be paid by music streaming platforms they almost certainly agreed not to do exactly this. Which makes it fraud.
minus-squareradiohead37@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months agoSounds like a breach of contract, which is a civil matter.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI think that depends on intent and amount of money involved, but I’m definitely not a lawyer.
minus-squarestrongarm@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIts also cyber crime which is possibly why the FBI need to be involved
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoCorpos commit cyber crimes against wage slaves daily… Feds don’t do Jack shit about it … I wonder why this would in the land of the Law 🤣
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months agoFraud is pretty broad and covers most things that deliberately misrepresent reality to take money from someone else.
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·2 months agoYet advertising and billionaires exist. It’s not what you do, it’s what clique you’re part of.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoDont hurt the normies mate!
Definitely an abuse of the system, but I’m struggling to see where criminal law says you can’t make a bunch of fake accounts to listen to garbage music.
In agreeing to be paid by music streaming platforms they almost certainly agreed not to do exactly this. Which makes it fraud.
Sounds like a breach of contract, which is a civil matter.
I think that depends on intent and amount of money involved, but I’m definitely not a lawyer.
Its also cyber crime which is possibly why the FBI need to be involved
Corpos commit cyber crimes against wage slaves daily… Feds don’t do Jack shit about it … I wonder why this would in the land of the Law 🤣
Fraud is pretty broad and covers most things that deliberately misrepresent reality to take money from someone else.
Yet advertising and billionaires exist. It’s not what you do, it’s what clique you’re part of.
Dont hurt the normies mate!