From: dohduhdah@yahoo.com   
      
   On Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 11:41:30 PM UTC+2, Chris wrote:   
   > sobriquet  wrote:    
   > > On Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 7:41:04 AM UTC+2, Jolly Roger wrote:    
   > >> On 2023-04-18, sobriquet  wrote:    
   > >>>    
   > >>> As expected the albums are missing from their music collection (making    
   > >>> the claim of having 100 million tracks on offer somewhat doubtful).    
   > >> Nah. It's not doubtful at all. Apple has never claimed to have every    
   > >> album by every artist in their library.    
   > >    
   > > So what would be a realistic estimate of the percentage of music that has   
   been    
   > > released in the past that is available through such streaming services   
   offering 100    
   > > million tracks?    
   > > More like 40% or more like 80%?   
   > Is it even knowable? There's a huge amount of released music by small    
   > independents all over the world. Much of it won't have been catalogued    
   > either.   
      
      
   Well, assuming that music released for commercial reasons is typically   
   produced in   
   larger quantities, you might pick some arbitrary minimal number like at least   
   500   
   copies being produced for sale (though perhaps these days with online   
   distribution   
   that has kind of changed compared to the past when albums were released on   
   vinyl or cd).   
      
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