Musician charged with fraud for inflating streams with AI and bots - eviltoast
  • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win
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    2 months ago

    That’s 27000 streams/hour. How? Why did this take years to discover? How did this not get automatically detected within minutes?

    WTF am I doing with my life if it is this easy to scam 2.4million in a year? 1 year and I could yoink it all and move to some BF island in the middle of nowhere with no extradition and live the rest of my life playing Blackjack and Hookers.

    • Scolding7300@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      You see, Meta has billions, which puts them above the law. Also they make their investors happy, most likely

  • protist@mander.xyz
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    2 months ago

    *Charged for falsifying his identity and billing info

    Posting AI-generated songs is perfectly legal, and there are other people who have made 6 figures doing this without committing fraud

    • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The charges have nothing to do with the content he uploaded. Are people so ready to give their opinion on AI that they assume AI must be the reason he’s getting charged?