TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoMan Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Botsfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldmusic@lemmy.worldfakebandnames@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1123arrow-down1external-linkMan Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Botsfuturism.comTokenBoomer@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldmusic@lemmy.worldfakebandnames@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down7·3 months agoThat’s weird. I thought AI didn’t infringe on copyright…
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·edit-23 months agoThe charges appear to stem from faking listener traffic to get royalties from the streaming services, not from infringing copyrights—the fact that it was AI-generated is probably irrelevant.
minus-squareMummifiedClient5000linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 months agoAs far as I can tell, it’s fraud and has nothing to do with copyright.
That’s weird. I thought AI didn’t infringe on copyright…
The charges appear to stem from faking listener traffic to get royalties from the streaming services, not from infringing copyrights—the fact that it was AI-generated is probably irrelevant.
As far as I can tell, it’s fraud and has nothing to do with copyright.
RTFA