{
  "id": 2329140,
  "title": "Who pays when music is ‘free’? The growing cost of digital piracy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/who-pays-when-music-is-free-the-growing-cost-of-digital-piracy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T06:38:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/partner-content/2026-08-21-who-pays-when-music-is-free-the-growing-cost-of-digital-piracy/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "While technology has transformed how we discover and enjoy music, it has also created new challenges for protecting the rights and livelihoods of the people who create it. At a time when Africa's music industry is enjoying unprecedented global recognition, safeguarding our artists’ intellectual property has never been more important.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}