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Their Songs Were Stolen by Phantom Artists. They Couldn’t Get Them Back. | Bad Dog, a group from D.C., was forced to take a crash course in streaming fraud, a shadowy realm that costs musicians $2b/yr (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 1 year ago by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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IP lawyers record a little album and can’t get it printed on CD because it’s already been uploaded to Spotify et al. after being stolen from their SoundCloud.

Criminals have scaled the theft, redistribution, and fraudulent streaming via stolen accounts to generate royalties.

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[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah you just gotta be the first to get the tracks into the system. When I uploaded some of my music to the system it was kinda weird how easy it was.