Music Piracy & CD’s Making A Comeback According To The RIAA

[BK The Great]

 

[HollywoodP]

I tried backing up my playlists with one of them stream ripping sites. Them shyts suck. Alot of the files were all fukked up. And Spotify threatened to ban me. I understand the value of backing up tracks that could end up being rare. But I hope the game goes the other way...when it comes to music...its just too much work trying to hoard music. I think the streaming services that adapt and implement things that bring the value to us users is what will set them apart. Theres always gonna be folks who bypass that monthly fee...but nobody should be pirating because the streaming service isnt providing the music you want to hear. I would be willing to bet that many of us legal streamers have simultaneously been involved in pirating (under this study's guidelines) at one time or another just trying to regularly listen to some songs that weren't available on DSPs.

 

[MajesticLion]

"comeback"

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Piracy definitely is in general due to the perpetual increase in the cost of streaming services and frustration over ever changing platforms and access to media.

Physical media is having a big resurgence because of improved quality and moreso, the same thing as above and the juggling of films and shows on platforms. And, criterion collection and reference quality 4ks.

Music wise, I haven't seen a CD in years, and don't really buy that, but for movies, sports, tv, absolutely. Pirates up rn.

 

[ORDER_66]

Comeback?!!?

 

[TripleAgent]

Times are hard
Streaming platforms constantly taxing
Artists get ripped off

 

[Tunez]

Damn they know about discord

 

[Hersh]

link to those discords? lol

 

[EastsideRio]

I tried backing up my playlists with one of them stream ripping sites. Them shyts suck. Alot of the files were all fukked up. And Spotify threatened to ban me. I understand the value of backing up tracks that could end up being rare. But I hope the game goes the other way...when it comes to music...its just too much work trying to hoard music. I think the streaming services that adapt and implement things that bring the value to us users is what will set them apart. Theres always gonna be folks who bypass that monthly fee...but nobody should be pirating because the streaming service isnt providing the music you want to hear. I would be willing to bet that many of us legal streamers have simultaneously been involved in pirating (under this study's guidelines) at one time or another just trying to regularly listen to some songs that weren't available on DSPs.

Spoiler

YouTube to WAV.

When those music files get sent to aggregators (Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, etc.) they also send a copy to YouTube. That’s the best free option.

Add the artist’s name and the word “topic” in the YouTube search and you’ll get the whole discography.

 

[melraH]

comeback we neva left I'm up on newsgroups downloading right now

 

[Illuminatos]

Where do you even go to pirate songs anymore? And where do you even put then to listen to them?

Why would I want to go back to the days of downloading a song, hooking my mp3 to the computer and dragging and dropping songs when I can just go to a streaming service or YouTube and listen? Just seems like some nostalgia bait.

 

[DontEemTry]

Nobody's gonna carry around a bunch of CD's in 202X

 

[Deltron]

Where do you even go to pirate songs anymore? And where do you even put then to listen to them?

Why would I want to go back to the days of downloading a song, hooking my mp3 to the computer and dragging and dropping songs when I can just go to a streaming service or YouTube and listen? Just seems like some nostalgia bait.

Personal plex server

All the fun of streaming eith your own shyt

 

[Nostalgic]

 

[Nostalgic]

Nobody's gonna carry around a bunch of CD's in 202X

I do......... While, don't necessarily carry them around. But I still cop CDs