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Incident 7792 Report
Music Producer Michael Smith Reportedly Arrested for Allegedly Using AI-Generated Songs in $10 Million Streaming Scam
2024-09-04
Music producer Michael Smith was reportedly arrested for allegedly using AI-generated songs and fake streaming accounts to scam over $10 million in royalties from major music platforms. By purportedly creating hundreds of thousands of songs and employing bots to artificially inflate streams, Smith reportedly circumvented fraud detection systems. The scheme was reportedly exposed after suspicions arose regarding the rapid generation of music and streaming anomalies.
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Incident 165525 Report
Suno Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Music Without Permission to Train Its Generative AI Models
2024-06-24
Record labels and independent artists alleged that Suno copied copyrighted recordings without permission and used them to train its generative music models. Suno later acknowledged training on tens of millions of publicly accessible recordings while asserting fair use. Plaintiffs alleged the practice deprived rightsholders of licensing control and compensation and enabled competing AI-generated music.
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Udio Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Sound Recordings Without Permission to Train Its Generative AI Models
2024-06-24
Record labels and independent artists alleged that Udio copied copyrighted recordings without permission and used them to train its generative music models. Udio acknowledged that its training data presumably included recordings owned by the plaintiffs but argued the copying was fair use. Plaintiffs alleged losses of licensing control and compensation and competition from AI-generated music.
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Synthetic audio generation technology developers
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Suno Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Music Without Permission to Train Its Generative AI Models
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Udio Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Sound Recordings Without Permission to Train Its Generative AI Models
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Synthetic media generation technology developers
Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
- Incident 165525 Reports
Suno Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Music Without Permission to Train Its Generative AI Models
- Incident 165623 Reports
Udio Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Sound Recordings Without Permission to Train Its Generative AI Models