Tracks from AI music company Boomy were removed, but streamers take down songs all the time, regardless of whether AI is involved.
According to one estimate, more than $1 billion in royalties could be lost to streaming fraud worldwide. But the industry has yet to form a united approach.
"The imagination of hackers is rich and evolving," one French report noted. Here are some of the most oft-used methods.
Stream-ripping is the most prevalent form of music piracy in the States, the world's third largest market for piracy, according to a report from MUSO.
The problem is bigger than most people realize, and it seems to benefit major-label stars as well as developing acts, according to internal data from SoundCloud.