YouTube download sites are biggest piracy threat to music industry

[–] ScorpioGlitch 2 points (+2|-0)

I'd like to take this opportunity to remind everyone about the time that Sony put rootkits on computers when you put in a music CD. One of these also reported music listening habits to Sony.

[–] CDanger 1 points (+1|-0)

Good thing these dinosaurs don't realize that there is no need for shady websites to download crappy mp3 rips from youtube when you can do it directly. And they probably never will never know since I'd imagine there is no way they could even understand what a script or command line utility is.

[–] CDanger 1 points (+1|-0)

Sites that allow YouTube videos to be converted into an MP3 file and illegally downloaded to someone’s phone or computer are attracting millions of visitors, with estimates suggesting that a third of 16-24-year-olds in the UK have ripped music from the Google-owned platform.

Is this even illegal? Maybe it is in the UK? Or is this just bad, simplistic tech journalism?

[–] smallpond [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

I've googled that question before, and most articles aren't forthcoming with a simple answer. I think it's legal, but wouldn't be surprised to find it arbitrarily declared illegal at some point soon.

The author's slant on the issue seems clear, so I'm not surprised by the wording.

YouTube download sites are biggest piracy threat to music industry

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