I'd even go as far as argue that all streaming has its origins in piracy - Spotify seeded its catalog with pirated music (allegedly), Crunchyroll started off as an anime piracy site, etc.

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scadge 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sometimes it's cheaper to break the law and pay a fine, than to do everything by law.

	▲	whstl an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Sometimes it’s impossible. Music labels wouldn’t even get in a room with you to discuss web back in the day.

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ninjin an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Not allegedly, I was there at the time as a user and I and others can confirm that there was plenty of scene releases on Spotify in ~2008:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43202117