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Music Piracy Is Back in a Big Way (www.wired.com)

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Visits to music piracy websites went up more than 13 percent last year, a new report says. The majority of those visits were to sites that allow users to download the audio from YouTube URLs.

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[-] ductjump@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I could be wrong but didn't a cut from blank tapes go to the industry tp 'make up for the losses'?

[-] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

The Netherlands had a tax on blank CDs to "compensate" authors, essentially legalizing piracy (until the EU changed the rules).

[-] ductjump@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Ah that might have been it. I vaguely remember hearing about it at the time.

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