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Random music news for Thursday, August 25, 2022

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Fraud, Metadata

You don’t want to be a weather forecaster in Hungary. Here’s why. Meanwhile, I can vouch for this music news

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Music Industry Tech 

Streaming farms: A new way to game the system

July 2, 2022July 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Fraud, Listening Bots, Spotify, Streaming

One of the metrics by which an artist lives and dies is the number of streams they amass on streaming

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Music News 

Rapper arrested in crypto multi-billion-dollar money-laundering scheme

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bitcon, Fraud, Money Laundering, Razzlekhan

Note to would-be fraudsters: Learn how the blockchain works before you try the launder cryptocurrency. On Tuesday, a woman named

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Music News 

RIAA takes swift action against HitPiece and warns any potential copycats to reconsider

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Copyright, Fraud, HitPiece, intellecutal property, iTunes, NFT, Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, Scam, Spotify, Theft

Rarely does anything within the music industry move fast. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), however, has a fire

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The world’s greatest Guitar Hero player exposed as a FRAUD

February 3, 2022February 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Fraud, Guitar Hero, Schmooey, Video Games

If you were ever a fan of playing Guitar Hero, you might be acquainted with the name “Schmooey.” He has

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Music Industry 

And now, some good news about Ticketmaster. No, seriously.

October 19, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Fraud, Ticketmaster, Upgraded

Ticketmaster has been in the news a lot this year, mostly for the wrong reasons. But when the company does

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