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

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 120 points 9 months ago (18 children)

I never stopped but i started buying music too from small artists

[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That's super based. Pirate whoever's stuff you want, but small artists usually depend on that income.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I listen to hundreds of small artists. I can't buy every singles albums they have.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You don't have to. Buy the ones you think are worth it, attend shows and maybe buy merch. Like we used to do before leechify

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Same issue, I don't have enough money to support everybody

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Small artists depend on their income from their 9 to 5 jobs. The music is a bonus

Source - been there

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