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Given how much music is available via streaming services, for little money (or none if you can deal with adverts) i'd have thought the impact of a pirate music

Given how much music is available via streaming services, for little money (or none if you can deal with adverts) i'd have thought the impact of a pirate music site would be very limited. I wonder what the impact of this site is on Sony, or whether what is really going on is some sort of personal vendetta, as legal action is usually a sign that things have got personal.

justsomehnguy 3y ago
> I wonder what the impact of this site is on Sony There is zero impact for Sony Music [0] > whether what is really going on is some sort of personal vendetta No, they just want what there would be no way to obtain music except going through Sony Music. Yet, there are people who defends them *shrug* [1] [0] https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/04/28/sony-music-earnings-q1-2023/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/04/28/sony-music-earni... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875710 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875710
captn3m0 3y ago
They might be trying to set precedence in law. Next time, it gets harder for other DNS providers (Google, CloudFlare, but also ISPs) to deny such blocks.
WirelessGigabit 3y ago
Even without impact on them I believe there is still value in non-streaming. I've discovered multiple CDs disappearing from Spotify. The FLACs that are sitting on my NAS aren't subject to some finite licensing deal.
- stavros 3y ago
  Yep, exactly. I really hate this world we've built, where everything is rented. I'm just going to get everything from Bandcamp from now on.
Astronaut3315 3y ago
There’s plenty of content that Apple Music is missing. Just yesterday I wanted to listen to an album they don’t have, but I do on my personal server. Streaming isn’t a perfect alternative to ownership (or piracy, in this case).
sam0x17 3y ago
Legal departments at big orgs like this tend to just throw everything at the wall until something sticks, as a matter of course
SanjayMehta 3y ago
Some streaming services have a problem with incomplete albums. Apple Music, for example, sometimes has one track visible while the others are grayed out due to regional licensing issues. Quite frustrating.

justsomehnguy 3y ago

> I wonder what the impact of this site is on Sony There is zero impact for Sony Music [0] > whether what is really going on is some sort of personal vendetta No, they just want what there would be no way to obtain music except going through Sony Music. Yet, there are people who defends them *shrug* [1] [0] https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/04/28/sony-music-earnings-q1-2023/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/04/28/sony-music-earni... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875710 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875710

captn3m0 3y ago

They might be trying to set precedence in law. Next time, it gets harder for other DNS providers (Google, CloudFlare, but also ISPs) to deny such blocks.

WirelessGigabit 3y ago

Even without impact on them I believe there is still value in non-streaming. I've discovered multiple CDs disappearing from Spotify. The FLACs that are sitting on my NAS aren't subject to some finite licensing deal.

stavros 3y ago
Yep, exactly. I really hate this world we've built, where everything is rented. I'm just going to get everything from Bandcamp from now on.

Astronaut3315 3y ago

There’s plenty of content that Apple Music is missing. Just yesterday I wanted to listen to an album they don’t have, but I do on my personal server. Streaming isn’t a perfect alternative to ownership (or piracy, in this case).

sam0x17 3y ago

Legal departments at big orgs like this tend to just throw everything at the wall until something sticks, as a matter of course

SanjayMehta 3y ago

Some streaming services have a problem with incomplete albums. Apple Music, for example, sometimes has one track visible while the others are grayed out due to regional licensing issues. Quite frustrating.