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“Federal probation officials are recommending 24 months in prison.”
““Although the songs and listeners were fake, the millions of dollars Smith stole was real.”
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“Prosecutors said Smith pocketed more than $8 million in unearned royalties overall, perpetrating his “massive fraud” for more than six years.”
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“Editor’s picks The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far The 100 Best TV Episodes of All Time The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century In defense filings last week, Smith and his lawyers said he was “profoundly sorry” for his conduct but that he “did not set out to commit a federal crime.” “He believed his initial efforts to be lawful,” his lawyers Noell P.”
“They argued that a stiff sentence is necessary “to provide just punishment” and deter other white-collar criminals in the future.”
“In April 2023, for example, Taylor Swift’s entire catalog drew 9.3 million streams from YouTube Music family-plan subscribers, prosecutors said, while Smith’s catalog generated 80.9 million.”
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““Michael Smith generated thousands of fake songs using artificial intelligence and then streamed those fake songs billions of times,” U.S.”
“In a new letter filed Tuesday and obtained by Rolling Stone , Manhattan federal prosecutors urged a judge to sentence Michael Smith to at least 46 months behind bars for his admitted scheme.”
“In their letter, prosecutors said Smith became so adept at artificially inflating streams of his music on platforms including Apple Music , Spotify , Amazon Music, and YouTube Music that his share of subscription-funded royalty pools sometimes exceeded shares allotted to the industry’s biggest stars.”
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““Imposing a substantial term of incarceration will send a clear message that defrauding social services programs, no matter who you are, will result in significant punishment,” Assistant U.S.”