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Music Piracy Down As Streaming Services Take Over
- mlewis 15y agoSo, it wasn't necessarily that people would no longer pay for music and that the record industry was dead, it was the reluctance of the industry to adapt to technological advancement as well as social behavior trends. Spotify, and to a lesser degree, Pandora, identified this trend and bridged the gap between piracy and the record labels. I wonder what Lars Ulrich from Metallica thinks...
- joenathan 15y agoI stopped pirating in exchange for a Zune pass. They have the vast majority of what I've looked, for the missing stuff I'll just eBay the album and then pirate a digital copy.
- chrischen 15y agoMost Spotify users are free users, and would probably instantly switch back to pirating/YouTube if their free plan ever disappears or becomes too limiting.
- rick888 15y agoI stopped pirating 5 years ago because of all of the streaming services out there (grooveshark, last.fm, pandora), and somethimes youtube.