RBG@discuss.tchncs.de to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agoFBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heistarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up17arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepowerofm@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoFraud is pretty broad and covers most things that deliberately misrepresent reality to take money from someone else.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month 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-up0·1 month agoSounds like a breach of contract, which is a civil matter.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI think that depends on intent and amount of money involved, but I’m definitely not a lawyer.
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.
Fraud is pretty broad and covers most things that deliberately misrepresent reality to take money from someone else.
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.