{
  "id": 12687417,
  "title": "A.I. Music Fraudster Who Drew Millions in Royalties Is Sentenced to 18 Months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/a-i-music-fraudster-who-drew-millions-in-royalties-is-sentenced-to-18",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T18:16:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NYT Arts",
    "slug": "nyt-arts",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/arts/music/ai-music-fraud-royalties-sentence.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Prosecutors say Michael Smith flooded music-streaming platforms with bots that repeatedly streamed his A.I.-generated music, earning him as much as $8 million.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}