Visits to music piracy websites went up more than 13 percent last year, a new report says. The majority of those visits were to sites that allow users to download the audio from YouTube URLs.

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    I think the RIAA has a different view on that. Huge push backs against recordable cassettes and VHS tapes when they were introduced.

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      They def would’ve done radio drm if possible

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      I could be wrong but didn’t a cut from blank tapes go to the industry tp ‘make up for the losses’?

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        The Netherlands had a tax on blank CDs to “compensate” authors, essentially legalizing piracy (until the EU changed the rules).

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          Ah that might have been it. I vaguely remember hearing about it at the time.