Akiki 3,900 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Frank Ocean's Blonde album racks up over 750,000 illegal downloads in less than a week after exclusive Apple release http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/08/29/frank-oceans-blonde-album-racks-over-750000-illegal-downloads-less-week-after "While it's common for top artists to go exclusive, data on Blonde from content protection, data-analytics and ‘piracy audience reconnection’ specialist Muso, proves that it is somewhat of a double-edged sword." "Streaming giants like Apple are willing to stump up large sums for exclusivity, but fans' frustration over lack of access has so far been seen to cause an uptick in illegal downloads." I said it before in another threads: I am against this deals and I always said that the only one benefiting from them is the AM service and not the Artist. This is huge numbers and imagine if this happens to Gaga. The number will be insane. People don't want to feel obligated to subscriptions to hear their music. Spotify is right to punish those who go after this model. It doesn't work and frustrates fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Meister 3,000 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Welcome to 2016. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellatrix 34,639 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 That's what I've said all the time, but someone said that Apple Exclusive prevents piracy Edit: Mess. Thankfully it doesn't prevent privacy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LePetitGAGABLover 21,234 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Tidal and Taylor Suewfit made all of this worse LMFAO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermit 15,807 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 4 minutes ago, andresaramago said: Frank Ocean's Blonde album racks up over 750,000 illegal downloads in less than a week “For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.” ― Jean Dubuffet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Togekiss 1,730 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 That's kinda obvious isn't it? bring on that pecan pie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crisTEAne 21,059 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 streaming is the future and apple music is great. that's my stance. if you hurt taylor swift, i'll hurt you back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runway 27,876 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Who cares it debuted at #1 with over 200k sales and thats huge these days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koreku 2,387 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Music shouldn't have to be this inaccessible. You don't deserve a point of view if the only thing you see is you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear 7,515 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 It's expected tbh. People aren't going to sign up to streaming services for a single album- These exclusive are trying to force fans into "buying" an album that they want and they don't actually get to own it. It's like taking away all the reason streaming became popular in the first place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALGAYDO 26,385 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, T E A said: streaming is the future and apple music is great. that's my stance. Streaming is indeed the future but we need to strike a balance in order to prevent illegal downloading. And apparently exclusives aren't the solution Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crisTEAne 21,059 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 1 minute ago, HOMODRAKE said: prevent illegal downloading that's not gonna happen and you know it. if you hurt taylor swift, i'll hurt you back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALGAYDO 26,385 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Just now, T E A said: that's not gonna happen and you know it. I should have used the word "limit" instead of "prevent" lol But you get the point Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Laurent 4,862 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, HOMODRAKE said: Streaming is indeed the future but we need to strike a balance in order to prevent illegal downloading. And apparently exclusives aren't the solution The solution is buying Spotify and remove it from the world Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamember 664 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 If you think that I should have to pay $9.99 a month to listen to ONE ARTIST'S track or album, and that I can't get it anywhere else... F U. I will download it illegally before I pay for Apple Music. It's not worth it for someone like me that doesn't listen to $10 worth of music per month. Plus, I WANT to give Gaga my coins, she deserves it for her hard work. NO EXCLUSIVES (Unless it is for like 1-2 days) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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