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When I can't get something because it's no longer being made, or at least not for a sensible price.
Like, old games are fair to copy. They don't even make the hardware for that any more. Sony is making strides with PS+ Extra, but the catalogue there is nowhere near big enough.
I think the music industry has finally got to a point where piracy is pointless. A subscription to pretty much any streaming service gives you everything now. The TV/movie guys are struggling here, and even with three subscriptions, there's a ton of stuff missing. If there was one that had the kind of coverage that Spotify had for like £30/month, I'd pay that in a heartbeat.
You don't have idea in how wrong you are in that statement. I have over than 100 albums on my library that never came out in streaming music and frequently I hear of something being putting down from them. It's not true even to USA's music.
Besides, paying £30 in Spotify where they use audio codecs with lose is just dumb. Deezer has everything it has and costs less than half of this.
Who is paying £30 to Spotify? That's like a tenner.
The £30 was my price for a hypothetical video version of that.
Sorry I misunderstood.
For what it's worth, I think the £30 was a theoretical amount for the "everything video" service.
But yeah, as a mashup enthusiast I'm resigned to the idea that it's never going to be well represented on streaming as a genre due to the concerns around licensing.
PlexAmp and Plex (and a few other things, I guess) are my solution, but it still means that link sharing with friends is an awkward mess.