There seems to be a commonly held misconception within the music industry circles that nobody pirates music anymore. Well, the data says otherwise. It’s possible that what people are really saying is that since they started using said legal streaming services, they stopped downloading music illegally. Yet music piracy – like all digital piracy – has changed shape as technologies have developed. Ten years ago, torrents were the mainstay but, as of August 2019, MUSO’s data shows that torrents now only account for just 6.7% of all music piracy worldwide. Meanwhile, unlicensed streaming makes up 33.6% and stream-ripping sites 31.3%. Full Article here —> bit.ly/2CHlV8M
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY SHOULDN’T KID ITSELF: PIRACY WAS NEVER KILLED BY STREAMING… BUT IT MIGHT BE MORE VALUABLE THAN YOU THINK.
