{"id":14122,"date":"2024-09-07T18:17:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T18:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/?p=14122"},"modified":"2024-09-08T09:57:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T09:57:18","slug":"fbi-busts-10-million-ai-music-streaming-scam-run-by-a-north-carolina-musician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/de\/2024\/09\/fbi-busts-10-million-ai-music-streaming-scam-run-by-a-north-carolina-musician\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI vereitelt $10 Millionen AI-Musikstreaming-Betrug eines \"Musikers\" aus North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Bundesstaatsanw\u00e4lte haben einen \"Musiker\" aus North Carolina angeklagt, einen ausgekl\u00fcgelten Betrug in H\u00f6he von $10 Millionen mit Hilfe von KI-generierter Musik inszeniert zu haben.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Smith, 52, wurde am Mittwoch unter dem Vorwurf des Drahtbetrugs, der Verschw\u00f6rung zum Drahtbetrug und der Verschw\u00f6rung zur Geldw\u00e4sche verhaftet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Staatsanwaltschaft wirft Smith vor, mit Hilfe von KI-Technologie Hunderttausende gef\u00e4lschter Songs von nicht existierenden Bands erstellt und dann Bots eingesetzt zu haben, um diese Titel millionenfach auf beliebten Plattformen wie Spotify, Apple Music und Amazon Music zu streamen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Durch seinen dreisten Betrug hat Smith Millionen von Tantiemen gestohlen, die an Musiker, Songschreiber und andere Rechteinhaber, deren Songs rechtm\u00e4\u00dfig gestreamt wurden, h\u00e4tten gezahlt werden m\u00fcssen. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpr.org\/2024-09-06\/musician-streaming-fraud-doj-spotify-apple-amazon-youtube-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sagte <span class=\"noTranslate\" data-no-translation=\"\"><span class=\"noTranslate\" data-no-translation=\"\"><span class=\"noTranslate\" data-no-translation=\"\"><span class=\"noTranslate\" data-no-translation=\"\">US<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Rechtsanwalt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Damian Williams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laut der entsiegelten Anklageschrift (ein offizielles juristisches Dokument, das nach anf\u00e4nglicher Geheimhaltung ver\u00f6ffentlicht wurde) dauerte Smiths Operation sieben Jahre. Dabei wurden Tausende von gef\u00e4lschten Streaming-Konten mit gekauften E-Mail-Adressen erstellt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smith soll sogar eine Software entwickelt haben, mit der er seine von der KI erzeugte Musik auf zahlreichen Computern wiederholt abspielen kann, um so einzelne H\u00f6rer an verschiedenen Orten zu imitieren.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Um einer Entdeckung zu entgehen, verteilte er Berichten zufolge gef\u00e4lschte Streaming-Aktivit\u00e4ten \u00fcber eine Reihe von gef\u00e4lschten Songs, wobei er sorgf\u00e4ltig eindeutige Namen f\u00fcr die von der KI erstellten K\u00fcnstler und Titel generierte.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zu diesen skurrilen und absurden Namen geh\u00f6rten Bands wie \"Callous Post\" und \"Calorie Screams\", mit Songtiteln wie \"Zygotic Washstands\" und \"Zymotechnical\". Ich frage mich, welche Eingabeaufforderung er verwendet hat, um diese zu erstellen?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Regelung erwies sich als au\u00dferordentlich lukrativ. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In einer E-Mail, die Anfang des Jahres verschickt wurde, prahlte Smith damit, dass er seit 2019 4 Milliarden Streams und $12 Millionen an Tantiemen erreicht hat. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Staatsanwaltschaft behauptet, dass Smith bis Juni 2019 monatlich etwa $110.000 verdiente und einen Teil davon mit ungenannten Mitverschw\u00f6rern teilte.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Aus der KI-Perspektive ist unklar, wie genau diese Songs im Jahr 2019 mit KI generiert wurden, da es damals nicht so viele hochwertige Tools daf\u00fcr gab wie heute. Heute gibt es Tools wie <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/de\/2024\/04\/udio-launches-and-may-be-the-best-ai-music-generator-yet\/\">Udio<\/a>, Suno usw., w\u00e4re ein solcher Betrug wahrscheinlich noch einfacher zu bewerkstelligen.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wir sollten darauf hinweisen, dass die Streaming-Plattformen seit Jahrzehnten mit Botting-Methoden zu k\u00e4mpfen haben, bei denen K\u00fcnstler, Labels und Betr\u00fcger versuchen, das System zu manipulieren.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spotify, Apple Music und andere Plattformen sind schon lange\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Bek\u00e4mpfung gef\u00e4lschter Streams, Einsatz von KI zur Analyse und Unterbindung von Bot-Aktivit\u00e4ten. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">KI-generierte Musik ist auf Spotify weit verbreitet, und man sollte meinen, dass die Plattform ihren Kunden mehr Aufmerksamkeit schenken sollte.<\/span>\u00a0Urspr\u00fcnge und Absichten jetzt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was Smiths Fall jedoch so bemerkenswert macht, ist die Kombination aus gro\u00df angelegtem Botting und KI-generierten Inhalten.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Das war klug. Aber der lange Arm des Gesetzes holte uns schlie\u00dflich ein.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Die Musik- und die KI-Industrie liegen sich in den Haaren<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>KI und die Kreativbranche haben sich weitgehend vermischt wie \u00d6l und Wasser. Sie vermischen sich zwar nicht von Natur aus, aber ihre Kombination hat ein unbest\u00e4ndiges Gebr\u00e4u voller Potenzial und Risiken hervorgebracht.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erst vor wenigen Monaten haben die drei gr\u00f6\u00dften Plattenfirmen der Welt <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/de\/2024\/06\/worlds-biggest-music-labels-shock-the-ai-industry-with-landmark-lawsuit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bundesklagen eingereicht<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gegen die Text-zu-Audio-Plattformen Suno und Udio wegen \"massenhafter Verletzung von urheberrechtlich gesch\u00fctzten Tonaufnahmen\".<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), die die Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment und Warner Records vertritt, behauptet, es gebe eindeutige Beweise daf\u00fcr, dass Suno und Udio urheberrechtlich gesch\u00fctzte Musik ohne Erlaubnis zum Training ihrer KI-Modelle verwendet haben.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In \u00e4hnlicher Weise werden im April 2024 \u00fcber <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/de\/2024\/04\/200-artists-warn-about-generative-meddling-in-music\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 bekannte K\u00fcnstler<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wie Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj und Jon Bon Jovi, gelobten, KI-Musik zu bek\u00e4mpfen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Integration von KI in die Musik wird nicht allgemein als Bedrohung angesehen. Einige sehen darin eine demokratisierende Kraft, die es den Produzenten erm\u00f6glicht, mit verschiedenen Formaten zu experimentieren, ohne die menschliche Manipulation, die mit den traditionellen Verfahren zur Unterzeichnung von Platten einhergeht. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wie werden sich Musiker f\u00fchlen, die darum k\u00e4mpfen, ihre oft sehr talentierte Arbeit auf Streaming-Plattformen zu vermarkten?<\/p>\n<p>Der Einsatz von KI zur Manipulation der Algorithmen von Plattformen, die h\u00e4ufig f\u00fcr die Unterbezahlung von K\u00fcnstlern kritisiert werden, mag f\u00fcr manche wie ein Verbrechen ohne Opfer erscheinen. Die unredliche Manipulation von Streaming-Zahlen hat jedoch weitreichende Folgen.<\/p>\n<p>Viele K\u00fcnstler f\u00fchlen sich von den Streaming-Plattformen \u00fcbervorteilt, aber betr\u00fcgerische Praktiken, wie sie im Fall Smith behauptet werden, schaden wahrscheinlich dem gesamten Musik-\u00d6kosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Sie k\u00f6nnen legitime Streams verw\u00e4ssern, Entdeckungsalgorithmen verzerren, das Vertrauen untergraben und es ehrlichen K\u00fcnstlern wahrscheinlich schwerer machen, erfolgreich zu sein.<\/p>\n<p>Dies ist eine weitere Grenze, an der K\u00fcnstler und Plattformen k\u00e4mpfen m\u00fcssen, um ein faires, transparentes \u00d6kosystem zu gew\u00e4hrleisten. K\u00fcnstler laufen Gefahr, ins Hintertreffen zu geraten.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bundesstaatsanw\u00e4lte haben einen \"Musiker\" aus North Carolina angeklagt, einen ausgekl\u00fcgelten $10-Millionen-Betrug mit KI-generierter Musik inszeniert zu haben. Michael Smith, 52, wurde am Mittwoch unter dem Vorwurf des Drahtbetrugs, der Verschw\u00f6rung zum Drahtbetrug und der Verschw\u00f6rung zur Geldw\u00e4sche verhaftet.  Die Staatsanwaltschaft wirft Smith vor, mit Hilfe von KI-Technologie Hunderttausende gef\u00e4lschter Songs von nicht existierenden Bands erstellt und dann Bots eingesetzt zu haben, um diese Titel millionenfach auf beliebten Plattformen wie Spotify, Apple Music und Amazon Music zu streamen. \"Durch seinen dreisten Betrug hat Smith Millionen von Tantiemen gestohlen, die an Musiker, Songwriter und andere Rechteinhaber gezahlt werden sollten, deren Songs<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[140],"class_list":["post-14122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethics","tag-ai-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FBI busts $10 million AI music streaming scam run by a North Carolina &#039;musician&#039; | DailyAI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/de\/2024\/09\/fbi-busts-10-million-ai-music-streaming-scam-run-by-a-north-carolina-musician\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FBI busts $10 million AI music streaming scam run by a North Carolina &#039;musician&#039; | DailyAI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Federal prosecutors have charged a North Carolina &#8216;musician&#8217; with orchestrating an elaborate $10 million fraud scheme using AI-generated music. 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