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Prosecutors want at least 46 months for the AI music streaming scam. The headline holds. The AI made the songs; bots made the plays.

Music Business Worldwide (Sep 30, 2026), reporting the SDNY sentencing letter in US v. Michael Smith. Recorded 5 October 2026. Our ruling means: we tried to break it and could not.

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