Issues For Youtube?

[Dubh Aingeal]

In what should come as no great surprise, Universal Music Group is preparing to file suit against YouTube for copyright infringement, the AP reports. Discussions with the site's owners have broken down (although talks are apparently still progressing with MySpace / News Corp over similar issues). From the article: 'We believe these new businesses are copyright infringers and owe us tens of millions of dollars,' Universal Music CEO Doug Morris told investors Wednesday at a conference in Pasadena. This development follows last month's announcement that YouTube is negotiating with labels to legally host videos. While the primary complaint is against music videos, one cannot help but wonder if this will also impact the many, many homemade videos using copyrighted UMG songs as a soundtrack (or — *shudder* — a lipsync.)

[Vater Araignee]

Good I would like to see them get frelled, I have issues with CA but his secrets should not be given away by some asshole.

[Shade Everdark]

This is really just another low-life, scum-sucking, mealy-mouthed attempt by the monolithic media/entertainment industry to make a cheap buck, and throw their lumbering weight around. Haven't they gone out of business yet?

[Slept with ghost]

This is really just another low-life, scum-sucking, mealy-mouthed attempt by the monolithic media/entertainment industry to make a cheap buck, and throw their lumbering weight around. Haven't they gone out of business yet?

actually its those way to make cheap bucks that keep them in business

i think the situation blows though

nobodys making any money on youtube posting videos or using the songs

so nobody should owe anything

[Der Nister]

One would like to think that these idiots that are in control of the "music biz" would be smart enogh to see youtube as free advertisement for their failing industry but apparently they are not that bright.

There's nothing like alienating more of their paying customers.

[Dubh Aingeal]

Warner Music has agreed to make its library of music videos available to YouTube, marking the first time that an established record company has agreed to make its content library available to the user-generated media company. Under the agreement, YouTube users will have full access to videos from Warner artists. They will also be permitted to incorporate material from those videos into their own clips, which are then uploaded to YouTube. Warner and YouTube will share advertising revenue sold in connection with the video content.'

This is in contrast to how Universal is handling the situation.