Damage from digital piracy of Japanese music reached 22.4 billion to 92.2 billion yen ($142 million to $586 million at current rates) in 2022
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My streaming platform still doesn’t have a lot of older Japanese music. And they literally acquired a Japanese music publisher. (I use qobuz). If you’re concerned about losing money make your content more accessible instead of chasing those who’ve doing what you should be.
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This is a common false equivalence. Piracy doesn’t lose you money. There’s no guarantee the people who pirate would pay for content if piracy wasn’t an option.
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They were hosting in California? They’re cooked. 100%.
As a Californian, California is the last place anyone should want to host these kind of services or even live in.
No chance, Germany is probably a lot worse.
I highly doubt Germany could possibly be any worse than California in literally any category. Except maybe in how each is important to history.
I remember nippossei was a thing back when warez of Japanese anisongs were popular.
