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FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I am just impressed by the idea and execution. Just wow. Too bad he took it too far.

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[-] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 51 points 1 month ago

In a 2017 email to himself, Smith calculated that he could stream his songs 661,440 times daily, potentially earning $3,307.20 per day and up to $1.2 million annually.

Great idea, but why would you email yourself about it?

[-] veeesix@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 month ago

I have a friend that I’ve tried to convince using a notes app, but he swears that emailing himself notes and to-do lists is more effective. He’s wrong, but to each their own.

[-] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 10 points 1 month ago

Oh, sure. I get that. Sending yourself reminders is absolutely understandable. Sending yourself documented evidence of your plans to defraud someone is entirely different.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

Recently, a bunch of people on tik tok found this "bug" in their banking app where you can write a bad check, then withdraw the funds before it clears... Then started crying about it when their balances updated

Dude definitely thought he discovered a cool new life hack