R.I.P. to Dj Michael "5000" Watts, not only a Texas legend but very well known in Houston. He was the founder of swishahouse record label. He pretty much picked up where dj screw left off at. You'll be missed for real!!
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Hmm, I wonder if he would have been good if he was in another country but used U.S. music streaming sites. Of course they would have removed his music and banned him but maybe he could avoid charges.I respect the hustle.
A North Carolina man was charged in a large-scale music streaming fraud case tied to Al.
Prosecutors say he used Al tools to generate hundreds of thousands of songs, uploaded them to streaming platforms, and then used automated programs to stream those tracks billions of times. The activity made it look like real people were listening, allowing him to collect more than $10 million in royalty payments that should have gone to real artists.
Federal authorities charged him with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy. Each charge carries a potential sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
The case highlights a growing issue for digital platforms.
Cheap content generation combined with automation can overwhelm systems built on trust and scale. As Al music gets cheaper and easier to produce, platforms will need better ways to separate real demand from automated noise.
I was thinking he should have kept the money bouncing around, so it didn't come directly to him in case of an investigation. He'll prolly do less than 2 years.
Wonder if it was a timing thing. Like unknowns aren't expected to hit certain listening thresholds and so it triggers alarms. If he did it smaller than billions and over time collecting then would the feds noticeI respect the hustle.
A North Carolina man was charged in a large-scale music streaming fraud case tied to Al.
Prosecutors say he used Al tools to generate hundreds of thousands of songs, uploaded them to streaming platforms, and then used automated programs to stream those tracks billions of times. The activity made it look like real people were listening, allowing him to collect more than $10 million in royalty payments that should have gone to real artists.
Federal authorities charged him with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy. Each charge carries a potential sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
The case highlights a growing issue for digital platforms.
Cheap content generation combined with automation can overwhelm systems built on trust and scale. As Al music gets cheaper and easier to produce, platforms will need better ways to separate real demand from automated noise.
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