There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

sneak100 ,

So when rich people do this it’s called “innovative” and “disrupting the market”, but if you do it FBI busts down your door for being a criminal. Sounds like freedom to me jack

DeltaTangoLima ,
@DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com avatar

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?

RootBeerGuy OP ,
@RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Bio…graphy?

veeesix ,
@veeesix@lemmy.ca avatar

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.

powerofm ,

Definitely an abuse of the system, but I’m struggling to see where criminal law says you can’t make a bunch of fake accounts to listen to garbage music.

conciselyverbose ,

Fraud is pretty broad and covers most things that deliberately misrepresent reality to take money from someone else.

bdonvr , (edited )

In agreeing to be paid by music streaming platforms they almost certainly agreed not to do exactly this. Which makes it fraud.

radiohead37 ,

Sounds like a breach of contract, which is a civil matter.

bdonvr ,

I think that depends on intent and amount of money involved, but I’m definitely not a lawyer.

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