Between July 2018 and January 2019, Italian authorities blocked several websites that enabled users to download or stream music illegally. A research published in July 2019 analyzed the year-on-year percentage change in number of total combined visits recorded by five of the blocked websites. The study reveal that the number of visits to all considered websites decreased remarkably. Especially, visits to the website Freedsound.com, blocked in July 2018, dropped by 98 percent in March 2019, compared to the previous year. Similarly, visits to Conver2mp3.net, a stream ripping website, went down by 78 percent. Stream ripping refers to the act of converting files of streaming platforms to illegally download them.
Year-over-year percentage change in number of total combined visits to music piracy websites in Italy in March 2019, by website
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FIMI. (July 9, 2019). Year-over-year percentage change in number of total combined visits to music piracy websites in Italy in March 2019, by website [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1154587/percentage-change-in-visits-to-music-piracy-websites-in-italy-by-website/
FIMI. "Year-over-year percentage change in number of total combined visits to music piracy websites in Italy in March 2019, by website." Chart. July 9, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1154587/percentage-change-in-visits-to-music-piracy-websites-in-italy-by-website/
FIMI. (2019). Year-over-year percentage change in number of total combined visits to music piracy websites in Italy in March 2019, by website. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1154587/percentage-change-in-visits-to-music-piracy-websites-in-italy-by-website/
FIMI. "Year-over-year Percentage Change in Number of Total Combined Visits to Music Piracy Websites in Italy in March 2019, by Website." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1154587/percentage-change-in-visits-to-music-piracy-websites-in-italy-by-website/
FIMI, Year-over-year percentage change in number of total combined visits to music piracy websites in Italy in March 2019, by website Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1154587/percentage-change-in-visits-to-music-piracy-websites-in-italy-by-website/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Year-over-year percentage change in number of total combined visits to music piracy websites in Italy in March 2019, by website [Graph], FIMI, July 9, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1154587/percentage-change-in-visits-to-music-piracy-websites-in-italy-by-website/
