Cyber hacker who stole unreleased Bebe Rexha tracks spared jail

[Teletubby 139,595]

A cyber hacker has pleaded guilty to stealing unreleased music from artists including US singer Bebe Rexha, Melanie Martinez, Coldplay, Canadian singer Shawn Mendes.

Skylar Dalziel made about £42,000 by selling the tracks online, according to City of London Police.

Prosecutor Richard Partridge said she "selfishly used their music to make money for herself by selling it on the dark web".

The 22-year-old, of Winchester Gardens in Luton, admitted 11 copyright offences at Luton Crown Court and was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment, suspended for 24 months. She was also sentenced to 180 hours of unpaid work.

Officers said they arrested Dalziel on 9 January 2023 and seized three drives which contained 291,941 music tracks. They also found a spreadsheet which showed she had sold tracks to customers and her PayPal and bank accounts revealed she had received £42,049 from April 2021 to January 2023.

Dalziel got hold of the music by illegally accessing cloud storage accounts linked to the artists. The thefts came to light in June 2021 when Sony Music Entertainment reported to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry that a cloud account owned by US artist Upsahl had been compromised. A total of 40 unreleased tracks had been extracted from the account and were being sold online.

The IFPI and the Recording Industry Association of America identified that an account on an online forum was being used to sell unreleased music from artists represented by Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group

source

Edited January 3 by Teletubby

[Bebe 16,989]

“Forty unreleased tracks had been extracted and were being sold online, police said”

Not trying to be shady, but who the hell is buying Bebe Rexha music on the dark web? I don’t know anyone buying her music on the regular web 

[LG2008 3,736]

Couldn't she get ARTPOP Act. II and the original LG5?  

Who's buying Bebe Rexha and Shawn Mendes unreleased music?

[Hydrangea 5,557]

Imagine if they stole from someone who actually sells

 

Edited January 3 by Hydrangea
Spelling

[SlaeUrAnus 15,651]

Nnnnn, going to that length to sell Bebe Rexha music 

[Red 95,627]

Was he the one who made the 100k likes tweet?

[butthole 9,939]

5 minutes ago, Red said:

Was he the one who made the 100k likes tweet?

She*

Come on, at least skim the article

[Jill 28,337]

bebe rexha must be feeling so proud and accomplished now she's the real deal

Edited January 3 by Jill

[Red 95,627]

39 minutes ago, hieronymus said:

She*

Come on, at least skim the article

Slay me drag me microwave me

[Papergangstuh 2,633]

Why did I read this as the cyber truck that blew up in Vegas had her unreleased demos in the car 

[ALGAYDO 30,722]

27 minutes ago, Papergangstuh said:

Why did I read this as the cyber truck that blew up in Vegas had her unreleased demos in the car 

Omg same!! 

[PartySick 148,521]

Why are they storing their unreleased stuff on anything but inaccessible hard drives?  

Like, imagine someone hacking Dropbox or something and getting LG7

[RAMROD 106,042]

3 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Why are they storing their unreleased stuff on anything but inaccessible hard drives?  

Like, imagine someone hacking Dropbox or something and getting LG7

It's mostly demos, or at very least final version of demos. All the leaked stuffs are mostly that. 

[Flippy 11,983]

Where are the Melanie tracks?  that’s the real question @artdoll

[artdoll 45,614]

19 minutes ago, Flippy said:

Where are the Melanie tracks?  that’s the real question @artdoll

I think Melanie and Ariana are neck and neck with things being leaked to be honest  I've seen/heard leaked videos of both artists respective recording sessions on youtube. It's wild.