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This could be an increasingly challenging problem for the industry.

This could be an increasingly challenging problem for the industry. 
https://fortune.com/2024/09/05/ai-artificial-intelligence-music-fraud-conspiracy-michael-smith-royalties/

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An indictment in Manhattan federal court said Smith created thousands of accounts on streaming platforms so that he could stream songs continuously, generating about 661,000 streams per day. It said the avalanche of streams yielded annual royalties of $1.2 million.

It said Smith, beginning in 2018, teamed up with the chief executive of an artificial intelligence music company and a music promoter to create the songs.

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He was definitely more creative (literally!) than the average criminal. the next question would be, is what he did even a crime yet? With how fast tech is moving, you could probably make a pretty good living inventing new crimes.

You gotta give that guy some credit — in a world where artists are forced to scrape by on minimal royalties and rampant IP theft, he played the system using the tools given to him.