Sarah Gilbert — MEI Fellow On September 4, The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York released a press statement announcing the arrest of Michael Smith, a 52-year-old musician, who now faces charges of orchestrating a $10 million AI music streaming fraud. The press statement included the unsealed indictment which included three counts of criminal… Continue reading Inside the AI Streaming Fraud Scandal: Michael Smith’s $10 Million Scheme
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Monopoly in Music: Understanding the DOJ’s Case Against Live Nation-Ticketmaster
Sarah Gilbert — MEI Fellow After much anticipation and a 18-month long investigation, on May 23, The Department of Justice, 30 states, and the district attorney general filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainments and its subsidiary Ticketmaster. The Complaint alleges Live Nation and Ticketmaster have “engaged in numerous forms of anticompetitive conduct”… Continue reading Monopoly in Music: Understanding the DOJ’s Case Against Live Nation-Ticketmaster