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The Lost Joy of Music Piracy (www.pigeonsandplanes.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 20 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Try Bandcamp as well for nonpiracy options. Buy and download FLAC albums from the artists themselves. No DRM

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Bandcamp is great. I buy albums on Bandcamp when I can. Too many artists are not on there though, or only have older albums available.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    What I dislike about Bandcamp is that the music you bought can disappear from your Bandcamp library/account.

    There's still a need to download everything and make sure you have backups, etc.

    "Buy to own", but only as far as you download it. I was surprised when I learned they can disappear, and indeed had it happen to me. It also means you have to track what you bought differently.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Interesting. I have yet to lose anything from my library on Bandcamp but that would piss me off if it happened.

    I do download and backup my purchases though. I download in both FLAC and mp3 320 formats so I have my bases covered just in case. It is annoying to keep my purchases separate though.

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