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

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 week ago (8 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Sounds like a breach of contract, which is a civil matter.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

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

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