This is just conjecture, but I think it may have to do with compilation rights. The spam albums contain a random selection of music from the actual artists. May

This is just conjecture, but I think it may have to do with compilation rights. The spam albums contain a random selection of music from the actual artists. Maybe the spammer has some very broad license to make compilations - I can totally see record companies accepting this sort of spam as long as they get their cut. But such rights would perhaps be geographically limited? There are also problems with this theory, though: * "Their cut" should, from my understanding of copyright law, be 100%. I don't understand how the spammer would make money off it at all. * From the metadata, the spammer's one-off label claims to directly own both the music and the recording rights. * The spammed artists do not seem limited to one of the big three's back catalog. * The spammed artists include some which are/were well known for not allowing third party compilation albums with their music.