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Steve Jobs

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

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Steve Jobs is saying that illegal downloading of music is a bigger threat to the music industry than legitimate online stores selling music. He emphasizes that unauthorized copying and sharing hurt sales more than competition from official digital platforms.

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