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Music Streaming Fraudster Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

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21:48 UTC15:09 UTC10 publications
Publications in order of reporting
#Time (UTC)After the firstPublicationHeadline
1firstRolling Stone (limited free articles)Music Streaming Fraudster Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison by Jon Blistein
2+38 minutesBillboardAI Music Streaming Fraudster Sentenced to 1.5 Years in Prison for $8M Royalties Scam by Bill Donahue
3+16 hours 24 minutesStereogumBotter Sentenced To Prison In First Criminal Streaming Fraud Case, Will Return $8M In Slop Royalties by Tom Breihan
4+19 hours 58 minutesPitchforkMan Sentenced to Prison for Bot Streams of AI Songs by Kiana Mickles
5+20 hours 9 minutesArs TechnicaFraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift by Ashley Belanger
6+20 hours 28 minutesThe New York Times (limited free articles)A.I. Music Fraudster Who Drew Millions in Royalties Is Sentenced to 18 Months by Derrick Bryson Taylor
7+21 hours 48 minutesInc.A Musician Made $8 Million From Fake Streams. An Expert Says 1 Fix Is Surprisingly Simple by Moses Jeanfrancois
8+27 hours 45 minutesHacker NewsUS man given prison sentence for bot-farming music streams
9+38 hours 31 minutesTom's HardwareAmerican jailed for commanding 10,000 bots to stream his own AI-generated songs by Mark Tyson
10+41 hours 21 minutesNMEMan sentenced to prison and to repay $8million on slop royalties in first criminal bot streaming fraud case by Liberty Dunworth