Hacker Sentenced to 21 Months (Suspended) for Selling Unreleased Coldplay, Bebe Rexha & Shawn Mendes Music

Skylar Dalziel, a 22-year-old woman from Luton, England, allegedly hacked cloud storage accounts belonging to Coldplay, Shawn Mendes, and Bebe Rexha, stole 40 unreleased tracks, then sold them for over $50,000 (USD) on the dark web.

According to UK website The Standard, Dalziel's 21 month sentence was suspended for two years, after she pled guilty to nine copyright offences and four computer misuse charges.

As a recording artist and record label owner, I am 100% against this invasion of privacy, and outright piracy. Does she deserve jail time? What are your thoughts?

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