I believe a large part of these pirates are in the increasingly connected world outside of Europe and North America. I consider myself a pirate, without shame.

I believe a large part of these pirates are in the increasingly connected world outside of Europe and North America. I consider myself a pirate, without shame. My first games on C64 were pirated and since then I've been involved in piratbyrån and the swedish pirate party. But I make enough money now to use Google Play Music and rarely pirate music these days. Mostly movies, shows and audiobooks. So since this article specifically mentions music I make the assumption that it's not talking about my world. A vast majority of people around me use streaming services for music today. But I have friends in Thailand and Vietnam and there it's quite common to see pirated movies playing on long bus rides with VIP bus lines for example. I also have friends on Croatia and Bosnia and there it's also still very common to go to a neighborhood pirate who will provide you with CDs of your favorite artists. So I would be much less surprised if they were still pirating music in these places rather than using streaming services. So there's a big world out there with an ever growing connected population, Africa, Asia, South America, and I'd speculate that they're driving up those numbers.