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US Man Charged In Historic AI Music Fraud Case: Used Thousands Of Bots To Stream Fake Songs, Raked In $10M In Royalties

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US Man Charged In Historic AI Music Fraud Case: Used Thousands Of Bots To Stream Fake Songs, Raked In M In Royalties

An American musician is accused of illegally using AI tools and thousands of bots to generate billions of song streams, leading to millions of dollars in unmerited royalties. Michael Smith, a North Carolina resident, is facing three charges: wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, and money laundering conspiracy. Prosecutors claim they have never encountered a criminal … Read more

NetEase’s music-streaming service goes down for 2 hours after ‘infrastructure failures’

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NetEase’s music-streaming service goes down for 2 hours after ‘infrastructure failures’

NetEase Cloud Music, the Hong Kong-listed Chinese music-streaming service with more than 200 million monthly active users, reported a widespread outage for over two hours on Monday afternoon, blaming infrastructure issues. Starting from 3pm, users said online that while the mobile and web apps could be opened, they were unable to play music. Instead they … Read more

What is Amazon Music: everything you need to know

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What is Amazon Music: everything you need to know

It’s a jungle of music streaming platforms out there, so it stands to reason that Amazon would have one among its massive kingdom of services. And while Amazon Music might not be top of mind among the Spotifys and Apple Musics of the world, you might be surprised by its 100-million-song library, high-resolution and spatial … Read more