Katy Prickett
BBC News, Bedfordshire
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Coldplay were the headline act at Radio 1’s Big Weekend, which was held in Luton in the summer
A cyber hacker has pleaded guilty to stealing unreleased music from artists including Coldplay, Canadian singer Shawn Mendes and US singer Bebe Rexha.
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.
Det Con Daryl Fryatt, from the force’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit, said: “Stealing copyrighted material for your own financial gain is illegal.
“It jeopardises the work of artists and the livelihoods of the people who work with them to create and release their music.”
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