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.

  • Hootz@lemmy.caEnglish
    29·
    10 months ago

    Wow so we call downloading YouTube piracy?

    I guess most content creators are pirates.

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15·
      10 months ago

      Wow, that’s stupid. I consider ripping songs from YouTube to be the modern equivalent of taping songs off the radio. The quality is poor.

      • Hootz@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Basically, but it’s low hanging fruit. Kids not ripping a 20gb disco from pirate bay at school but they most certainly will download a song off YouTube.

        Shoot I remember back in the mid 2000s with my shitty mp3 player ripping music in any class with a computer.