The lost joy of music piracy

	The lost joy of music piracy(pigeonsandplanes.com)
	482 points by mcgin 8 hours ago \| 298 comments
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	HN Discussion: ↑Nostalgia for the social/cultural network effects of shared music discovery among friends ↑Fond memories of specific piracy platforms like OiNK, What.cd, Soulseek, and Limewire for discovery ~Music piracy is still alive and necessary because streaming lacks full catalogs •Observation on Apple/iPod's tacit complicity with piracy culture •Sarcastic comparison between music piracy stigma and accepted AI training data piracy