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US man sentenced to prison for bot-farming music streams
Original: US man given prison sentence for bot-farming music streams
A US man has been given a prison sentence for using bots to artificially inflate music streams, a fraud that siphoned royalty payments meant for legitimate artists. The case is one of the most prominent prosecutions of streaming manipulation to date, and commentators are debating whether it will deter automated streaming fraud and how platforms will tighten their detection of fake plays.
Why now: The unusually severe prison sentence for streaming fraud raises questions about accountability in the music streaming economy.
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