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Legal & Policy7 Oct 2026

US Copyright Office opens public inquiry into music streaming fraud and AI-made tracks

The Office wants comments by 23 November on how streaming fraud works and what AI-generated music adds to it, after a request from Rep. Scott Fitzgerald.

Legal & Policy6 Oct 2026

Michael Smith gets 18 months in prison in first criminal case over AI-music streaming fraud

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Legal & Policy30 Sep 2026

Prosecutors seek at least 46 months in prison for AI streaming fraudster Michael Smith

Federal prosecutors reject Smith's plea for probation, arguing his AI-song and bot-stream scheme harmed real songwriters and needs a real sentence.

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