RBG@discuss.tchncs.de to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoFBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heistarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up113arrow-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 year agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year 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-up2·1 year agoSounds like a breach of contract, which is a civil matter.
minus-squarestrongarm@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIts also cyber crime which is possibly why the FBI need to be involved
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI think that depends on intent and amount of money involved, but I’m definitely not a lawyer.
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.
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 🤣
I think that depends on intent and amount of money involved, but I’m definitely not a lawyer.