YouTube to block UK music videos

[Pain]

So the proxie wars have begun.

YouTube is blocking all premium music videos to UK users after failing to reach a new licensing agreement with the Performing Right Society (PRS).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7933565.stm

 

[Bhana]

WHAAATTT:angrydude: I listen to the majority of my music through youtube

 

[pegasus]

oh fuck off :bball:

 

[Zigurd]

Jewtube strikes again.

 

[El Freako]

Assfaces. :angrydude:

 

[Bhana]

Im already feeling the effects of this! Many of the videos say, Sorry this video is not available in your country!

 

[El Freako]

Im already feeling the effects of this! Many of the videos say, Sorry this video is not available in your country!

Ditto.

 

[Hypocrisy86]

that sucks, youtube >>>>>> newscorp = BULLLLSHIITTTTttt

 

[Folk Artist]

Yes, something about Google not wanting to pay these rates to the artists, so this punishes both the artist and the person that likes and listens to the music as well.

 

[NoviceNinja]

Yes, something about Google not wanting to pay these rates to the artists, so this punishes both the artist and the person that likes and listens to the music as well.

Does YouTube have a system that makes a video uploader earn if he decides to, Google Adsense? Maybe these artists are asking a fee on top of that and Google doesn't want to pay. Oh well, everything is about the money.

 

[Folk Artist]

Yes, something about Google not wanting to pay these rates to the artists, so this punishes both the artist and the person that likes and listens to the music as well.

Does YouTube have a system that makes a video uploader earn if he decides to, Google Adsense? Maybe these artists are asking a fee on top of that and Google doesn't want to pay. Oh well, everything is about the money.

Actually it's the PRS(performing rights society) for music limited, that is the UK's leading collection society- and they undertake the collective rights management for music. So Google did not want to pay what they were asking for licensing- I guess they oversee this for YouTube.

 

[NoviceNinja]

Yes, something about Google not wanting to pay these rates to the artists, so this punishes both the artist and the person that likes and listens to the music as well.

Does YouTube have a system that makes a video uploader earn if he decides to, Google Adsense? Maybe these artists are asking a fee on top of that and Google doesn't want to pay. Oh well, everything is about the money.

Actually it's the PRS(performing rights society) for music limited, that is the UK's leading collection society- and they undertake the collective rights management for music. So Google did not want to pay what they were asking for licensing- I guess they oversee this for YouTube.

I see, so technically it's not the artists themselves but an organization asking for license fees. But are the artists under the PRS agrees with the stand of the organization? I mean not having your music on YouTube is like bad unless you're as big as Jay-Z or Taylor Swift.

 

[bourehim]

Youtube doesn't mind holding on every video in the world, it's the companies watching after their interest and their artist who push youtube to ban those videos, there isn't much to listen to these days any way.