> I don’t really know anyone that pirates music, seems like streaming has really solved that with ad-supported listening. Someone's told them that "X million s

> I don’t really know anyone that pirates music, seems like streaming has really solved that with ad-supported listening. Someone's told them that "X million songs per year" are downloaded via youtube-dl. They get $Y in royalties per thousand views, and they have some number Z which is the average number of times an individual will listen to a song. There's been a boardroom meeting where these numbers have been presented as "X million songs per year are being pirated, costing us X * $Y * Z / 1000 per year, THIS must STOP!"