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Is music piracy dying? (vlemmy.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Most of the discussion and sources of content talk about movies and series.

I've been recently looking for psy and techno music, finding FLAC or WAV with active seeders feels like striking gold. It's definitely been a while since I've looked for active torrent sites and it feels more barren than ever.

Edit: Thank you all for all that valuable information. The reddit group really wasn't this helpful and valued making fun over adding real use able knowledge.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Guided by AI" I think you mean algorithms programmed according to strict music licensing contracts from the labels that say a service needs to suggest label-preferred "complimentary" artists over actual similar music that you would like based on a collection of characteristics in a given song/band's sound signature.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have evidence this is happening on Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlist?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Richard Stallman wrote a quick page on the shady things Spotify does (3 minute read not counting the linked articles). Although only loosely related to what you asked for. According to the info I found online, Discover Weekly should be safe from the kinds of sponsorships you talk about (the whole article takes about 8-15 minutes to read, but I quoted the important part below).

A representative for Spotify tells Vox that the user experience of Discover Weekly will not change — e.g., Nike can’t buy the playlist for the week and serve everyone a Frank Ocean song — and reiterates, “Discover Weekly is, and will remain, a powerful means of artists winning new fans.