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by mikeash 4739 days ago
If wishes were horses, we'd all be eating steak. Talking about "if" something that is true weren't doesn't seem very useful to me here. Illegal music sharing is reality and shows no signs of stopping, or being stopped.
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I used to believe that, but now I am not as sure.

I'm not sure most average people use bit torrent anymore. And the web is an extremely inconvenient way to try to access illegal content.

I just ran a little experiment, because I'm out of practice on that sort of thing and too lazy to use anything but Pandora and Rhapsody anymore.

Google searching for 'pink floyd the wall' and clicking the three most obvious links in order gets you a well seeded torrent file. None of the links on the page obviously lead you to somewhere to pay to stream/download the album legally (although there is an iTunes link for the movie at the bottom).

Pirates are still winning on convenience, let alone cost.

Are you being serious? Google "Youtube to Mp3" and have fun. The only real dent in piracy I have seen is that I can't find clips from my favorite episodes of The Simpsons and other Fox properties.... which is annoying because I tried to share a funny scene from Bob's Burgers and the clip was simply unavailable... viral advertising anyone? Sure some clips are available on Hulu... the ones they have pre-screened, but not the one I wanted to show. The networks are short-sighted in my opinion.
> I'm not sure most average people use bit torrent anymore.

Yeah, many people don't - because of Pandora and Spotify. Take those away and people will go back to piracy.

Hit up grooveshark.com and go to town. It has never been easier.
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