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# This Week In Music Commentary
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/this-week-in-music-commentary-3-14/
- Published: 2017-10-29T09:33:47.000Z
- Updated: 2017-10-29T09:33:47.000Z
- Description: Commentator inside the music industry this week shared their thoughts on YouTube takedowns as extortion, whether the Billboard charts can be considered accurate without including YouTube, and how Big Tech. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2017/10/this-week-in-music-commentary-3-14.h
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Commentator inside the music industry this week shared their thoughts on YouTube takedowns as extortion, whether the Billboard charts can be considered accurate without including YouTube, and how Big Tech is 'strip-mining' artist's work.
- [**YouTube Takedowns As Extortion**](https://www.hypebot.com/youtube-takedowns-as-extortion/)
- **[The Billboard Charts: Can They Be Valid Without Including YouTube?](https://www.hypebot.com/the-billboard-charts-can-they-be-valid-without-including-youtube/)**
- [**Music Creators See Massive Tech Earning Billions While 'Strip-Mining Artists' Work' \[Op-Ed\]**](https://www.hypebot.com/music-creators-see-massive-tech-earning-billions-while-strip-mining-artists-work-op-ed/)