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美国北卡罗来纳州男子 Michael Smith 因利用机器人账号刷取 AI 生成歌曲的流媒体播放量，骗取 800 万美元版税，被判处 18 个月监禁并没收全部非法所得。
A fraudster was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to forfeit over $8 million after using 10,000 bots and AI-generated songs to artificially outstream artists like Taylor Swift, marking the DOJ's first prosecution of this kind of streaming fraud.
Federal prosecutors are seeking nearly four years in prison for Michael Smith, who used AI-generated music and bot accounts to generate $8 million in fraudulent streaming royalties across major platforms over six years, with sentencing scheduled for October 6.
Pippa, an AI video startup, tries to differentiate itself by paying artists royalties when their styles are used, but it faces skepticism from artists while its models remain similar to other text-to-video services.
Tidal announces it will label fully AI-generated tracks and stop paying royalties on them starting July 15th, while not banning them outright; competitors like Spotify and Deezer have similar policies.