Altice, parent company of Internet provider Optimum, must disclose the personal details of a hundred alleged music pirates. The request comes from a group of prominent record labels and is part of an ongoing copyright infringement liability lawsuit. Altice, meanwhile, will receive anti-piracy information, including that related to a letter the RIAA previously sent to BitTorrent Inc., the owner of popular torrent client uTorrent.

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[–] Ofiuco@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

While I agree, I'd like to object a little to this:

an inability to find things you like from a selection that is only ever expanding and becoming more diverse as time goes on.

It's extremely tedious to look for new music, since most algorithms seems to fixate on "oh you like this song? Here, let me suggest all the discography of the artist and these artists that are barely similar yet non or their songs sound like that one you liked" and radio stations only play what they get paid for.

If you like a specific genre it might be easier, but for someone who likes songs instead of genres or artists... It's a fucking pain.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Many algorithms aren't even doing that in good faith, instead substituting in their low-cost contract cover bands as often as they can.

[–] Ofiuco@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 days ago

I've even tried some websites recommended on lemmy, not just the usual services, but I've got a similar outcome anyway

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I do agree to some degree but the problem here is that you are relying too much on just "the algorithm" to serve you up new and interesting stuff. Whilst some times maybe it comes in clutch for the most part, like you say, it is trash.

You need to go out and put in a little bit of work listening to things in other places, following rabbit holes based common denominators or listening to DJ mixes / radio shows, hearing a song you like then going on a mission to find out what it was.

You say it is tedious but you have so many options these days to explore if you just put in a little effort. It used to be tedious as fuck buying a CD for £15 based on a cover or one song you heard on the radio only to find the majority of the music you hate and it was a waste of money!

[–] Ofiuco@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Basically proving my point about it being tedious but trying to force some hopium into it.

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeh I guess, if you don't like listening to music then sure it is tedious.

There are more ways to listen and discover music than ever before. In the past you had mainly radio or word of mouth and even then your exposure was extremely narrow based on the radio stations tastes. You now have so many other avenues for exploration and discovery.

Basically you want to be handed a list of stuff you are already going to like with no effort on your part, that isn't really tedium, more laziness on your part.

[–] Ofiuco@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago

if you don’t like listening to music then sure it is tedious.

Of course, you know me so so well.

Basically you want to be handed a list of stuff you are already going to like with no effort on your part, that isn’t really tedium, more laziness on your part.

See? That was 100% TOTALLY what my comment was about, glad to see your reading comprehension works so well you have no need to assume things to make them fit into your argument.

There are more ways to listen and discover music than ever before. In the past you had mainly radio or word of mouth and even then your exposure was extremely narrow based on the radio stations tastes. You now have so many other avenues for exploration and discovery.

There's no need to comment about this, since you already assumed and decided for me and you must be right because YOU MUST BE RIGHT, so I'll just leave you and your right assumptions to believe whatever you want so... gOoD vIbEs OnLy, amirite?
I'll just go to listen to music I like BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE LISTENING TO MUSIC.

[–] CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

tidal has been significantly better than Spotify for finding recommendations. I know it's ironic recommending a paid service on a piracy community but fuck music piracy is tedious.

[–] Ofiuco@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 days ago

I'm not going to pay for a service for ONE reason only, but yeah, I use the free version on Spotify for the weekly discovery and then I don't open it till the next week, sometimes there's some good shit... Most of the time there isn't.

Deezer used to have a nice discovery algorithm, then they shitted on it and then they made it fully pay to use so I haven't it since then.