But the music industry (mostly) figured it out. You can get the same song from a subscription to any number of services.
TV/Movies are still siloed. Once they figure out that it’s better to let you subscribe to one service and watch anything, that’s the day that most piracy will stop.
And we all saw how grateful 🙏 the music industry was to Napster and the like
Ironically Napster now pays the most royalties to artists per stream
“Where’s your crown king nothin?” - James Hetfield probably
They were sore about mixtapes and even blocked the release of DAT in the United States.
Intellectual Property is an illness.
But the music industry (mostly) figured it out. You can get the same song from a subscription to any number of services.
TV/Movies are still siloed. Once they figure out that it’s better to let you subscribe to one service and watch anything, that’s the day that most piracy will stop.