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Because 90% of all music enjoyed by most people is under copyright and searching for music not under copyright that you can listen to and genuinely enjoy is not anybody's idea of a good time.

Nobody wants to worry about this stuff.

As long as the purpose of the stream is not just streaming music i don't see the problem however I'm certain the MPAA and RIAA would not agree.



Why don't people just play the music they want in the background when watching these videos?


Probably because it's a lot more fun to have an interactive player where people can vote what to play.

Beside if you always play the usual 200 songs you listen to when are you going to find new songs to listen to.

Listening to music is a group activity a lot of the times and you find new songs by doing it.

There's only 3 ways to find new songs and 2 of them suck

1. Listening to top hits in hopes that a few match your taste

2. Using recommendation algorithms on Spotify and other streaming sites

3. And the on that give you the best results hanging out with like minded people in real life or on the internet and seeing what their listening to.




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