Andrea Perez Speaks with Bloomberg on AI Music Fraud Indictment Bringing Scrutiny to Streaming Inflation

September 19, 2024 | Articles | less than a minute

Overview: Andrea Perez, Partner and head of the Art Law Section at Carrington Coleman, recently spoke with Bloomberg Law about the criminal charges brought against Michael Smith, for allegedly creating fake user accounts and computers programs to stream music created by AI on listening platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, and others. “To create a work doesn’t mean you’ve done anything illegal—that’s not the point here. The point here is that he was gaming the system to increase revenue.”

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