I am just impressed by the idea and execution. Just wow. Too bad he took it too far.

  • @[email protected]
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    5813 days ago

    Definitely an abuse of the system, but I’m struggling to see where criminal law says you can’t make a bunch of fake accounts to listen to garbage music.

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      13 days ago

      In agreeing to be paid by music streaming platforms they almost certainly agreed not to do exactly this. Which makes it fraud.

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          912 days ago

          I think that depends on intent and amount of money involved, but I’m definitely not a lawyer.

          • sunzu2
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            Corpos commit cyber crimes against wage slaves daily… Feds don’t do Jack shit about it … I wonder why this would in the land of the Law 🤣

    • @conciselyverbose
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      Fraud is pretty broad and covers most things that deliberately misrepresent reality to take money from someone else.