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North Carolina Musician Pleads Guilty in AI Streaming Fraud Case, Agrees to Forfeit $8.09 Million

Prosecutors say the case tests how AI-made tracks with automated plays exploit royalty pools on major platforms.

North Carolina Musician Pleads Guilty in Landmark AI Streaming Fraud Case

TikTok and Apple Music Launch In-App Full-Song Playback and Listening Party

Spotify’s 2025 Payouts Top $11 Billion as Loud & Clear Report Charts Artist Gains

Howard Carpendale Says Today’s Music Market Leaves No Room for His Next Big Hit

Spotify Says Top Engineers Haven’t Written Code Since December as Honk AI Takes Over

Apple Music Doubles Fines for Streaming Fraud to 10%–50%

Taylor Swift Debuts ‘Opalite’ Video With Star Cameos in Premium-Only Rollout

Deezer Starts Selling AI-Music Detection Tool, Strikes First Deal With Sacem

Spotify Reports $11 Billion 2025 Payout, Claims One-Third of Recorded-Music Revenue

Café Tacvba Requests Spotify Takedown as Platform Denies Financing War

YouTube Music Users Decry AI-Generated 'Slop' Flooding Recommendations

Spotify Probes Massive Unauthorized Extraction as Group Claims 86 Million Songs Copied

Spotify Probes Massive Scrape as Anna’s Archive Starts Releasing 300TB Music Dataset

Spotify Confirms Unauthorized Data Grab as Anna’s Archive Begins Metadata Release

Drake Calls Spotify 'Botify' on Livestream, Reviving Botting Dispute

YouTube to Pull Data From Billboard as Chart Rules Shift Toward Heavier Streaming Weights

Germany’s Culture Minister Sets Early-2026 Streaming Talks After Pop Summit

MTV Germany Sets Final Music Video for Jan. 1, 2026 as Channel Shifts to Reality Programming

Spotify Launches ‘Prompted Playlists’ Beta in New Zealand for Premium Users