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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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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

One, this is just my favorites list, not every album I've listened to. And I've listened to my playlists on random quite a few times over the years.

Two, I don't listen to pop music, so the average is probably closer to 4-5 minutes per song. (About 362 hrs of music on the playlist, if you must know.)

Three, you can't just plug in a yearly rate, convert it to hours, and use it in any meaningful way.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Your first two paragraphs make the picture worse, not better.

    As for your last, I'm not writing an economics thesis. It was a quick analysis to illustrate a problem no sane person disputes: streaming services have substantially driven down revenue for artists, to the point that for many it's genuinely impossible to create their art while making a living wage.

    Is it better than piracy? Sure. At least the artists are getting something (well, unless you drop below Spotify's streaming cutoff, in which case you can get fucked). But it's still a shitty deal and gives consumers someone else to blame as artists slowly bleed out.

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