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Man Arrested for Using AI Songs and a Bot Army to Scam Spotify for Millions
- onetokeoverthe 2y agoLesson. Quit at 2 million. Greed is stupid.
- potato3732842 2y agoHis mistake was being in the same legal jurisdiction.
- gnabgib 2y agoDiscussion (63 points, 13 days ago, 62 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41756327 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41756327
- PeterStuer 2y agoBeyond the surface level there is a didcussion to be had on the marketplace business model of cornering the arbitration of producer-consumer interation. This man amplified both his production and consumption to capture arbitration kickbacks. Is that an exploit? Of course it is. On the other hand Spotify amplifies its mediation position from audience capture bootstrapped through grey zone practices. Was that an exploit?