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by hamdingers 163 days ago
Streaming is killing music piracy. The scene is a shell of its former self.
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Hardly. Soulseek has been gaining interest in recent years, for one:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge...

Your link only shows past 5 years, so you're missing the hayday of music piracy, was this intentional?

Try this: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=s...

Try with any music piracy (or hell, piracy in general) related search terms and you'll see a similar trend.