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

submitted 7 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] 78 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The majority of those visits were to sites that allow users to download the audio from YouTube URLs.

This is not piracy. We've always been allowed to record e.g. radio and TV for personal use.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I think the RIAA has a different view on that. Huge push backs against recordable cassettes and VHS tapes when they were introduced.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

They def would've done radio drm if possible

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

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

My dad always got a huge kick out of VHSing NFL games to watch later lol.