United States v. Michael Smith
rights policy item·criminal enforcement action·unknown
Federal prosecution of an AI-assisted music-streaming fraud scheme that used bot accounts and large volumes of generated tracks.
Recorded facts
| Official site | https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/media/1366241/dl ↗ |
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| Geography | United States |
| identifier | 1:24-cr-00504 |
| parties | United States; Michael Smith |
| item type | criminal_enforcement_action |
| confidence | high |
| identifier | 1:24-cr-00504 |
| filing date | 2024-09-04 |
| jurisdiction | United States |
| adoption date | unknown |
| affected works | AI-generated tracks |
| current status | guilty_plea_entered_sentencing_pending |
| effective date | unknown |
| affected models | AI systems used to generate tracks |
| canonical title | United States v. Michael Smith |
| confidence basis | Primary document reviewed; status language is conservative. |
| enforcement date | unknown |
| affected datasets | unknown |
| issuing authority | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| primary documents | https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/media/1366241/dl |
| unresolved questions | Sentence to be imposed after the snapshot date and any restitution allocation. |
| affected entity types | streaming services; artists; rights holders; fraud investigators |
| affected organizations | U.S. Department of Justice; streaming platforms |
History
| has procedural update | Michael Smith Guilty Plea 2026-03-19 — nowUnverifiedSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED medium confidence |
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Sources & changes
Checked 11d ago · mediumhow verification works
Field-level evidence
VERIFIEDrelationship:rpi rights policy us 2026 07 a 021:has procedural update:rpi rights policy us 2026 07 a 022cited source ↗
Public change history
- Status unknown → unknown
- Official URL unknown → www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/media/1366241/dl
- Record maintenance · 12 fields updated
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