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.

  • hardcoreufo@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    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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      11 months ago

      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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        11 months ago

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