180 Artists, Labels Including Taylor Swift Take On YouTube, Join Copyright Plea

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Taylor Swift, U2, Kings of Leon and Paul McCartney are some of the 180 recording artists and labels petitioning Congress to reform the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (D.M.C.A.) In an open letter to Congress, they write that the current online copyright law has allowed YouTube and other sites to "generate huge profits by creating ease of use for consumers to carry almost every recorded song in history in their pocket via a smartphone, while songwriters' and artists' earnings continue to diminish." The letter, which is being published in The Hill and Politico this week, goes on to call for "sensible reform." "We ask you to enact sensible reform that balances the interests of creators with the interests of the companies who exploit music for their financial enrichment. It's only then that consumers will truly benefit." YouTube's parent company, Google, declined to comment Tuesday, but in a statement in April said, "Any claim that the DMCA safe harbors are responsible for a 'value gap' for music on YouTube is simply false."

 

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This will backfire if it ever succeeds ...true you tube offers their music for free but it gives them something far more valuable in return..EXPOSURE..they reach millions of people in minutes

these millennials dont remember the bad old days when you had to audition CDs at the store on those shytty headphones before buying them ....

if they ever win theyll come crawling back to google begging to be put back on youtube.

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

This will backfire if it ever succeeds ...true you tube offers their music for free but it gives them something far more valuable in return..EXPOSURE..they reach millions of people

You have no idea how google makes money off YouTube.

 

[ⒶⓁⒾⒶⓈ]

You have no idea how google makes money off YouTube.

How is that relevant to anything I raised?its irrelevant to my point how Google monetizes content(but I know how )

All I said was you tube let's people listen to music for free
u ever paid a you tube bill?? Stop it

 

[FaTaL]

This will backfire if it ever succeeds ...true you tube offers their music for free but it gives them something far more valuable in return..EXPOSURE..they reach millions of people in minutes

these millennials dont remember the bad old days when you had to audition CDs at the store on those shytty headphones before buying them ....

if they ever win theyll come crawling back to google begging to be put back on youtube.

exposure vs money

no money without exposure

too much exposure and no money

how the fuk you fix this?

a couple of weeks ago i was watching a michael page highlight vid and the song on it was



ever since then i downloaded the song off itunes and ive become a night lovell stan

without this random video i would of never heard of this young cat

 

[Mr.Logic]

All I know is, I will never spend a cent on music again...If your music isn't for free, then it is not worth my listen...Period.

If you make good music, some sucker will buy it and share it online, and that's how I am going to get it...

 

[the cac mamba]

fukk youtube for running a goddamn ad before EVERY video. they can eat a dikk

 

[Cynic]

How is that relevant to anything I raised?its irrelevant to my point how Google monetizes content(but I know how )

All I said was you tube let's people listen to music for free
u ever paid a you tube bill?? Stop it

Youtube isn't profitable... probably at break even point.
These artists are just b!tching and moaning as usual and blaming the very technology that has garnered them millions of fans

This has nothing to do with the parent company. Alphabet Inc.

All I know is, I will never spend a cent on music again...If your music isn't for free, then it is not worth my listen...Period.

If you make good music, some sucker will buy it and share it online, and that's how I am going to get it...

I hope you lose your ability to hear and go deaf...

 

[Mr.Logic]

I hope you lose your ability to hear and go deaf...

Don't be silly...

Musicians should learn to perform and make money doing shows...I am not paying digital songs...Fcuk em...

 

[ORDER_66]

Whaat???!?!? Dont Vevo pay these nikkas off every view on youtube??? WTF they talking about???

 

[Cynic]

Don't be silly...

Musicians should learn to perform and make money doing shows...I am not paying digital songs...Fcuk em...

So the engineers, distributors, publicists and label personnel don't deserve to eat ?


Gotcha!

 

[Mr.Logic]

So the engineers, distributors, publicists and label personnel don't deserve to eat ? Gotcha!

They get paid by the artist...

 

[Darth Nubian]

So the engineers, distributors, publicists and label personnel don't deserve to eat ?


Gotcha!

The game is changing. They are going to have to change with it. Music was around long before engineers, distributors, publicists and label personnel. The industry grew, got bloated, and now its returning to its roots. Artist are going to eat strictly off show money in the future. They might not like it, but they are gonna have to accept it.

 

[Yapdatfool]

This is about 10 years too late.

Is each artist totally independent? If the answer is no, for the trillionth time they need to sue their label instead of youtube and spotify and sites like that for agreeing to such shytty deals that give them no money.

Secondly, people will never buy physical media like they use to so the profit margins will never be like they used to.

To quote Big Boss, 'its over'.

 

[rantanamo]

The exposure from Youtube is so crazy compared to the old days. I find new artists like everyday. I find old artists that I might have heard on the radio back in the day and never knew who they were and have bought tons of music based off of that alone. I know they want to maximize every dollar, but man, the exposure game is crazy compared to what it used to be.