Why “song” is being discussed
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Fraud: lying in the inducement or fulfilment of a contract. If lying to induce or fulfil a contract were not a crime, someone could sell you a car telling you it has 0km, but it…
by TZubiri · Oct 8, 2026
Easy, (e) is fraud. The rest are legal. You can choose to not do something, advertising is analogous to convincing and advertising is legal. Collecting money from a platform by…
by quickthrowman · Oct 8, 2026
If he used bots to stream his own song 80 million times then folks at the streaming services would notice. Instead he spread the 80 million fraudulent streams over tens of thous…
by hackingonempty · Oct 8, 2026
I heard a song with, a really not that unknown artist, that I thought was awesome. Ive tried finding it now a couple of times, but nope.. The title is R.T.N.R I think (Rudolph t…
by sandos · Oct 8, 2026
> Surely a AI generated song isn't a "fake song"? Eh. > Is it a crime to publish an AI generated song? It's not. And a lot of this fraud was done with non-AI songs. But it helps…
by Dylan16807 · Oct 8, 2026
I am not sure I understand. Surely a AI generated song isn't a "fake song"? Is it a crime to publish an AI generated song? It seems that what he is guilty of is to generate some…
by cm2187 · Oct 8, 2026
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A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually made of sections that are repeated or performed with variation later. A song without instruments is said to be a cappella. Read more on Wikipedia