Feds seek 46 months for AI music fraudster who stole millions from streaming royalties
SnoozeDoggyDog · reddit · 2026-10-07
Federal prosecutors have recommended a 46-month prison sentence for Mike Smith, accused of using AI to mass-generate songs and inflate streams with bot accounts to siphon millions of dollars from streaming royalty pools — a landmark case for AI content abuse hitting the streaming economy.
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