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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Most pirates doesn't use the product if pirated version isn't avaliable, they aren't a costumer, blocking piracy is actually a bad marketing decision, people can build hype even if they aren't paying. No significant revenue is actually lost for piracy

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Piracy also kept the music industry afloat before Spotify and whatever

It's free advertising and costs nothing to the artist

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (6 children)

piracy also kept the music industry afloat

And we all saw how grateful 🙏 the music industry was to Napster and the like

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Ironically Napster now pays the most royalties to artists per stream

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