This article is a fascinating read, and gives some insight into the history of piracy and music streaming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_music_model
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That model, of course, also neatly predicted the failure we're currently seeing with competing streaming services; which not only exceed the recommended price when you combine them, but also aren't interoperable *and* have DRM interfering with it. Which is why people are returning to piracy.
