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Danish man found guilty of fraudulently profiting from music streaming royalties

Unnamed 53-year-old made at least £230,000 from artificially generated plays of hundreds of tracks

A Danish man has been sentenced to prison in a “historic” case after being found guilty of fraudulently profiting from royalties on hundreds of tracks on music streaming sites. He was also found guilty by the court in Aarhus of breaching copyright on 37 of the tracks, which were edited versions of other musicians’ work. Maria Fredenslund, the chief executive of the Danish Rights Alliance, which reported the case in 2018, said: “We are pleased that the court has affirmed that streaming fraud is deeply criminal and serious.

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