Is listening to online songs an act of piracy?

Listener's POV: Its very legal to listen to leaked music on youtube since you, yourself, arent duplicating it and not earning from it. You are just listening to an already uploaded content which isnt detected by YT's algorithm. read more

So in general, if you listen to music online from a well-known service, you are not in any way engaging in piracy. Better yet, you are putting money in musicians pockets, because at least some types of royalties are not recoupable by the recording company. read more

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TL: DR- It is not illegal to listen to unreleased/leaked music on YouTube Uploaded content which is detected by YT's algorithm, is monetized by the copyright owner not the uploader. If Copyrighted content was found in your video, the claimant will allow their content to be used in your YouTube video. read more