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The music industry sees stream ripping as one of the largest piracy threats, worse than torrent sites or direct download portals.
The RIAA, IFPI, and BPI showed that they're serious about the issue when they filed legal action against YouTube-MP3, the largest stream ripping site at the time.
This case eventually resulted in a settlement where the site, once good for over a million daily visitors, agreed to shut down voluntarily last year.
YouTube-MP3's demise was a clear victory for the music groups, which swiftly identified their next targets, putting them under pressure, both in public and behind the scenes.
This week this appears to have taken its toll on several 'stream ripping' sites, which allowed users to download videos from YouTube and other platforms, with the option to convert files to MP3s.
Source: https://torrentfreak.com/youtube-download-sites-throw-in-the-towel-under-legal-pressure-180614/
(Score: 3, Insightful) by HiThere on Monday June 18 2018, @05:42PM
Well, I've been avoiding them for decades now, and haven't missed them for a very long time. So it's quite possible. I don't expect it to ever be a mass action, but *I* feel better for not supporting them. (And even pirates support them, but
"telling" others that their work is desirable.)
These days when I see an ad for a film, my first reaction often is "Why would I want to watch people with expressions like that?".
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.