RBG@discuss.tchncs.de to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 14 days agoFBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heistarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: linustechtips@lemmit.onlinetechnology@beehaw.orgtechnik@feddit.orgnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1139arrow-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 · 14 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: linustechtips@lemmit.onlinetechnology@beehaw.orgtechnik@feddit.orgnews@lemmy.world
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down2·edit-214 days 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-up12arrow-down1·13 days agoSounds like a breach of contract, which is a civil matter.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 days agoI think that depends on intent and amount of money involved, but I’m definitely not a lawyer.
minus-squarestrongarm@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoIts also cyber crime which is possibly why the FBI need to be involved
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