Music Piracy Is Back in a Big Way—Especially From YouTube
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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.

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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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.

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

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

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

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

They def would’ve done radio drm if possible

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

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