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The price isn't "zero" - it's a low-likelihood/high-impact risk of being sued for copyright infringement/having your internet shut off for "strikes"/moral guilt/etc.


This. Also inconvenience, time spent, process complexity etc.

In fact piracy can cost so much, people pay actual money to avoid it. I think that is why Spotify et al. are so popular among prior pirates.


Private music torrent tracker member here:

I pay for Spotify for convenience and functionality (syncing between devices, perfect tagging/catalog/artwork), not because of any potential risks surrounding piracy.




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