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# This Week In Music Commentary
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/this-14/
- Published: 2016-05-22T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-22T11:00:00.000Z
- Description: In this week's music commentary section, we hear from a five-time Grammy winner about the evils of YouTube, what's being done to effect a digital rights management overhaul, and why it. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/05/this-14.html]
- Author: admin
- Tags: Music Business, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

[![6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d18e81c1970c-800wi](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c85fc164970b-100wi "6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d18e81c1970c-800wi")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c85fc164970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)In this week's music commentary section, we hear from a **five-time Grammy winner** about the **evils of YouTube**, what's being done to effect a **digital rights management overhaul**, and why it is that music industry seems to **crush its startups**.
- [**5X Grammy Winner Calls YouTube "Criminal Racketeers" In Open Letter To "Pushers Of Piracy"**](https://www.hypebot.com/5x-grammy-winner-calls-youtube-criminal-racketeers-in-open-letter-to-pushers-of-piracy/)
- [**Digital Rights Reporting With Medianet, SOCAN, YouTube And The Kobalt Effect \[Mark Mulligan\]**](https://www.hypebot.com/digital-rights-reporting-with-medianet-socan-youtube-and-the-kobalt-effect/)
- [**The Music Industry Buries Startups: "No Standalone Digital Music Company Has Achieved Profitability," Says David Pakman**](https://www.hypebot.com/the-music-industry-buries-startups/)

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