Clout-Chasing DJs Are Faking Co-Signs by Dubbing Over Crowd Videos. Will Labels Bite?

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Dance music has had a rough go of it in recent months — from clubs shuttering en masse to event cancellations due to goon-squad invasions of American cities. Now, a new test of the DJ ecosystem has reared its insidious head: the clout deepfake. This disturbing trend has taken on a couple of forms — so far. The first is the simplest: namely, fledgling dance producers have been hijacking footage of big-name DJs playing to jumping crowds, overdubbing their own music onto it, sharing it to their

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