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Re:The Pirate Bay is trialing high-quality video streaming by forrestthewoods on Sunday December 15, 2019 @05:42PM (#21799483)
Streaming music is a secondary revenue stream. The real money is in live concerts, merchandise, etc. Streaming and YouTube music videos are practically advertising.

For TV/movies the video content is the primary revenue stream. And for most content the only revenue stream. Only a few IPs sell action figures and lunch boxes.

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Re:The Pirate Bay is trialing high-quality video streaming by dan-robertson on Sunday December 15, 2019 @06:08PM (#21799620)
I think this wasn’t always the case, at least for more popular musicians, but it is certainly the case now.
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