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FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist (arstechnica.com)

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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] 50 points 1 month ago (8 children)

In a 2017 email to himself, Smith calculated that he could stream his songs 661,440 times daily, potentially earning $3,307.20 per day and up to $1.2 million annually.

Great idea, but why would you email yourself about it?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I have a friend that I’ve tried to convince using a notes app, but he swears that emailing himself notes and to-do lists is more effective. He’s wrong, but to each their own.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, if you treat your inbox as a to-do list, that's not that far-fetched

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I can definitely follow his logic, but there are better tools available.

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