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# The Music Industry’s Complex Relationship With YouTube Explained In Just 50 Words
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/the-music-industrys-complex-relationship-with-youtube-explained-in-just-50-words/
- Published: 2016-07-20T09:59:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-07-20T09:59:00.000Z
- Description: “According to those who oppose the service, YouTube is slowly killing the music industry, one tiny cut at a time. It is anti-artist and anti-copyright, they claim. Meanwhile, every major. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/07/the-music-industrys-complex-relationship-with-youtube-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Social Media, YouTube & Video, All Music, Apple Inc., Bat for Lashes, Billboard charts, Bitcoin, Boris (band), music industry, Spotify, The Guardian, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

[![Youtube_logo](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0921099f970d-150wi "Youtube_logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0921099f970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)“According to those who oppose the service, **YouTube** is slowly **killing the music industry**, one tiny cut at a time. It is **anti-artist** and **anti-copyright**, they claim. Meanwhile, **every major artist has a channel** on YouTube and **wouldn’t dream of releasing a new record without YouTube** involved in its launch.” – Eamonn Forde, [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/18/youtube-music-industry-artists-spotlight?ref=hypebot.com) via [MusicRedef](https://redef.com/channel/music?ref=hypebot.com)  

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