Given how much music is available via streaming services, for little money (or n...

WirelessGigabit · on July 26, 2023

Even without impact on them I believe there is still value in non-streaming.

I've discovered multiple CDs disappearing from Spotify. The FLACs that are sitting on my NAS aren't subject to some finite licensing deal.

stavros · on July 27, 2023

Yep, exactly. I really hate this world we've built, where everything is rented. I'm just going to get everything from Bandcamp from now on.

justsomehnguy · on July 26, 2023

> I wonder what the impact of this site is on Sony

There is zero impact for Sony Music [0]

> whether what is really going on is some sort of personal vendetta

No, they just want what there would be no way to obtain music except going through Sony Music.

Yet, there are people who defends them *shrug* [1]

[0] https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/04/28/sony-music-earni...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875710

SanjayMehta · on July 27, 2023

Some streaming services have a problem with incomplete albums.

Apple Music, for example, sometimes has one track visible while the others are grayed out due to regional licensing issues. Quite frustrating.

Astronaut3315 · on July 26, 2023

There’s plenty of content that Apple Music is missing. Just yesterday I wanted to listen to an album they don’t have, but I do on my personal server.

Streaming isn’t a perfect alternative to ownership (or piracy, in this case).

captn3m0 · on July 26, 2023

They might be trying to set precedence in law. Next time, it gets harder for other DNS providers (Google, CloudFlare, but also ISPs) to deny such blocks.

sam0x17 · on July 26, 2023

Legal departments at big orgs like this tend to just throw everything at the wall until something sticks, as a matter of course