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Perhaps I've over-credited the iTunes Store's impact on music piracy, so I will concede that point. But for whatever reason, after the revolutions unleashed by the iPod, and the subsequent rise of Spotify and other paid legal music streaming services, music piracy is just not as significant as it was in the decade. So either these technologies were instrumental to stopping it, or consumers just moved on for whatever reason. Perhaps the same will happen to movies and television piracy, once consumers get over services/platforms fatigue.

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>>Apocry+(OP)
I would give most of the credit for piracy going down in music to mobile phones where especially with the iPhone, there is no method to add music not bought from iTunes without using a computer.

Streaming music is a much better experience. Jobs was right, convenience beats free.

It’s the same way for video. If I told a normal person how they could save a few bucks by getting video for free going through the steps that people hear or suggesting, they would look at me like I’m crazy. You can usually find someone to give you their streaming account.