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I ditched Spotify and set up my own music stack

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275 points starkparker | 2 comments | 04 Sep 25 22:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dankwizard ◴[04 Sep 25 23:59 UTC] No.45133610[source]▶
Ha, this is the guy that got absolutely butchered in his Reddit post [1] about the same link. OP has extensive history in the piracy subreddits and believes piracy is not theft.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1n87xho/why_i_d...

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BLKNSLVR ◴[05 Sep 25 00:16 UTC] No.45133703[source]▶
> believes piracy is not theft

That's true by definition isn't it? Piracy (Internet piracy, since that's the context) is copyright infringement, not theft.

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b3lvedere ◴[05 Sep 25 05:50 UTC] No.45135356[source]▶
To the letter of the law or contextual text, you may be super right. Still does not solve the issue of artists that are getting ripped off left and right.
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1. globular-toast ◴[05 Sep 25 07:15 UTC] No.45135819[source]▶
Do you pay every busker you pass by? Or do you block your ears when you pass to ensure you don't "steal" the music?

I think a combination of UBI, abolishment of copyright and a busking model with 100% of the proceeds going directly to artists would improve things no end. We have the technology to do this and have no need for leeches like Spotify.

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2. b3lvedere ◴[05 Sep 25 12:57 UTC] No.45137996[source]▶
There is a great difference in consuming art because you want to and consuming art because it was forced on to your senses.