[gdsimoes]

I believe we can clearly see how not having enough piracy can hurt technological advances in Japan. Since Japanese people don’t download illegal stuff streaming services are not as developed there as in the US. For example, you can’t find as much Japanese music on Spotify.

[jumelles]

Spotify is missing Japanese music because of licensing issues. Piracy may not be rampant in Japan but it definitely exists; look into Perfect Dark and Winny.

[WhompingWindows]

I don't follow...are you claiming that no piracy leads to less streaming services? Couldn't one easily defend the opposite, that a lot of music on streaming services would drive users to get free versions via piracy?

[gdsimoes]

I believe streaming services are a response to piracy and I know a lot of people that stopped using torrents because of Netflix and Spotify.