Music piracy is on the increase worldwide, with 40 percent of users are accessing unlicensed music, up from 35 percent last year, the global recorded music industry group IFPI said.
Internet search engines are making piracy easier, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said in a report on Tuesday, calling for government action.
The increase in piracy follows a slump in recent years when policing of the digital music landscape appeared to be clamping down on the practice.
"Copyright infringement is still growing and evolving, with stream ripping the dominant method," said IPPI chief, Frances Moore.
"With the wealth of licensed music available to fans, these types of illegal sites have no justifiable place in the music world," she said, calling for greater regulation of the digital music sector.
If they defeat stream ripping, there's always the analog hole...
[Ed Note - OTOH "The report also revealed the continuing rise in audio streaming. It found that 45 percent of respondents were now listening to music through a licensed audio streaming service—up from 37 percent in 2016." ]
(Score: 5, Informative) by TheGratefulNet on Wednesday September 20 2017, @02:17AM (2 children)
I want local copies. fuck the 'stream'. the net is not always up and I'm less and less happy about being 'tracked' each time I click or do something.
the only thing I like about streams is that they are usually rippable.
even for youtube, I download via 'youtube-dl' and watch the local copy.
local copies are where its at. fuck the cloud. clouds suck.
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 2) by nobu_the_bard on Wednesday September 20 2017, @12:17PM (1 child)
I think the point still stands, though. Give the customers what they want, or they'll find someone else who will. Not everyone wants the same thing. I also like Spotify; I don't miss having to manually manage my entire library. But I know audiophiles for whom that is still important to them.
Possibly in your case it is "pirates" that give you what you want, because the labels won't.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday September 20 2017, @08:36PM
That's the point I was making.
The major labels have resisted any new delivery methods for so long their customers have found new methods of getting what they want, Spotify, YouTube or pirates. (I'm sure there are others).