News Sep 25, 2026

Man who pocketed $8m using AI songs and bot streams asks for no prison time, arguing ‘no artist suffered any perceptible harm’

Michael Smith's lawyers argued that his scheme caused only "tiny, immeasurable losses" spread across millions of songwriters and artists, Billboard reported. Source

Originally published by Music Business Worldwide
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Man who pocketed $8m using AI songs and bot streams asks for no prison time, arguing ‘no artist suffered any perceptible harm’