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.

  • ductjump@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

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

    • Fleppensteyn@feddit.nlEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

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