cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19494425
The artist naming convention also followed a somewhat similar pattern, with names ranging from the normal-sounding “Calvin Mann” to head-scratchers like “Calorie Event,” “Calms Scorching,” and “Calypso Xored.”
That one of you? ;-)
Not sure why this is illegal. Against the company’s terms of service, sure. But the government shouldn’t be involved.
I’m quite sure he will have committed fraud at least 1 or 2 times in there somewhere.
Indicted on three counts involving money laundering and wire fraud, the Charlotte-area man faces a maximum of 20 years per charge.
Artist was really dialed in to their audience. Don’t hate. The streamer service is a bot. The ad system is a bot. The payment system is a bot. This man did to others as they did to him.
So Spotify and other platforms coughYouTubecoughcough are going to crack down on bots overinflating views/listens? No? Okay then.
Maybe he can get a bot to do time for him.
Free him and return his money.
