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

submitted 10 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] 37 points 10 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 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 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 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

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

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