ISP Must Unmask 100 Alleged BitTorrent Pirates in RIAA Lawsuit. (torrentfreak.com)

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Altice, parent company of Internet provider Optimum, must disclose the personal details of a hundred alleged music pirates. The request comes from a group of prominent record labels and is part of an ongoing copyright infringement liability lawsuit. Altice, meanwhile, will receive anti-piracy information, including that related to a letter the RIAA previously sent to BitTorrent Inc., the owner of popular torrent client uTorrent.

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[-] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 weeks ago

I remember when modern music was interesting enough to want to pirate.

[-] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 69 points 2 weeks ago

It still is, that problem lies with you and an inability to find things you like from a selection that is only ever expanding and becoming more diverse as time goes on.

It is OK to like a specific era and for that to be your favourite but to claim that modern music isn't interesting is just a shitty take. You just don't personally like it.

[+] Ofiuco@lemmy.cafe 6 points 2 weeks ago

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[-] brianary@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago

Many algorithms aren't even doing that in good faith, instead substituting in their low-cost contract cover bands as often as they can.

[-] CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

tidal has been significantly better than Spotify for finding recommendations. I know it's ironic recommending a paid service on a piracy community but fuck music piracy is tedious.

[-] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

I do agree to some degree but the problem here is that you are relying too much on just "the algorithm" to serve you up new and interesting stuff. Whilst some times maybe it comes in clutch for the most part, like you say, it is trash.

You need to go out and put in a little bit of work listening to things in other places, following rabbit holes based common denominators or listening to DJ mixes / radio shows, hearing a song you like then going on a mission to find out what it was.

You say it is tedious but you have so many options these days to explore if you just put in a little effort. It used to be tedious as fuck buying a CD for £15 based on a cover or one song you heard on the radio only to find the majority of the music you hate and it was a waste of money!