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To anyone who thinks music piracy is dead (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/726542

I have ~100 users downloaded ~1000 of my files in the last week alone. Music piracy is still alive and kicking. I encourage everyone to download and install SoulseekQT/Nicotine+/Seeker-Android and share whatever kind of music you have for everybody to download. Let's bring back music piracy!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"to anyone who thinks music piracy is dead:" "Let's bring back music piracy" 😂

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay, my bad I guess... Music piracy isn't DEAD, but it's not as strong as it used to be, hence the post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Likely for particular reason: streaming. Most music is easily accessible for a pretty nominal price these days, and often comes with features like Spotify's Discover, which suggest new songs/artists that you might like given what you already listen to. You can't do that with a cd or vinyl. You have to purchase the whole album even if there's only one song on it you'd like listen to.

Piracy is often a response to media being overpriced or inaccessible. Streaming services essentially solve both those issues with a reasonable monthly price for unlimited access and large libraries of high quality music.