YouTube Says 95% Of All Labels (Including Indies) Are On Board
Despite the strong objections of many in the indie label community, "all but 5% of all labels” have agreed to the terms offered by YouTube for its new music service, according to a new report. A 95% acceptance rate would jive with reports we've recieved that, in addition to the major labels and their independent distribution arms, other indie distributors including The Orchard have also signed the new YouTube contract.
“It’s business. You’ll never get everyone to agree,” a YouTube spokesoerson told the Death & Taxes blog. The spokeperson also suggest that indie trade groups were “misrepresenting their own members” in an effort to “make it sound like this [change in terms] impacts all indies… [it's] very unfortunate how things have unfolded.”
A lot of very polished spin from YouTube in this article. I’m looking forward to seeing how the anti-trust allegation proceeds in the European courts. I noticed Google are doing PR on the BBC Today programme this morning too. I guess they must be rattled a little.
Have asked Death and Taxes to do an article on Google, Amazon et al and their attitude toward piracy. Complete double-speak! It’s very important content owners protect their copyright. Viz the flourishing of the arts in the 1700s when copyright laws were introduced. Copyright allows creators to make a living from their creations. And feed the people who promote their creations.
One of the ‘Happy 95%’ (artists who ‘accepted’ Google’s new controversial contract) shares his views here:
“In each case, the labels and their artists have been signed into this lousy contract with YouTube without the labels’ (or their artists’) ever having a choice”
…and here’s his conclusion:
“It’s THE FIGHT of our time”
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I don’t believe this article is real.
An uidentified spokesperson reveals some of the biggest recent news about Google/YouTube to Death & Taxes?
How long have you guys been keeping up with corporations and their control of messaging?
This doesn’t make sense especially with no followup from Google or YouTube.