Warner Music Pulls Videos Off YouTube 237
iammani writes with this excerpt from Reuters:
"Warner Music Group ordered YouTube on Saturday to remove all music videos by its artists from the popular online video-sharing site after contract negotiations broke down. ... The talks fell apart early on Saturday because Warner wants a bigger share of the huge revenue potential of YouTube's massive visitor traffic. There were no reports on what Warner was seeking. 'We simply cannot accept terms that fail to appropriately and fairly compensate recording artists, songwriters, labels and publishers for the value they provide,' Warner said in a statement."
Warner's deal with YouTube to make those videos available came just prior to YouTube's acquisition by Google.
Re:Tempest in a teapot (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Thank goodness... (Score:5, Funny)
Instead of a take-down notice, is there any chance that Google will Rick-roll all the Warner links? Please make this happen.
Re:Does Youtube get a cut of the sales? (Score:5, Funny)
The labels don't mind paying MTV to play their videos
It looks like the labels are doubly incompetent: MTV takes their money, but then it doesn't bother to play any music videos at all.
ban the internet (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Does Youtube get a cut of the sales? (Score:4, Funny)
Wait... MTV plays music videos? (Score:2, Funny)
I know they used to play music videos, but I also know that my 486 66Mhz computer used to play cutting edge video games. At around the same period in history if I'm not mistaken.
I would venture to guess that YouTube is by far the most prominent way of distributing the multi-million dollar music videos that record companies make to promote the sale of albums. I'd also venture to guess that Warner never bothered to find out one way or the other. More likely, they just got the idea in their heads that "TV = Spend Money to Make Money" and "Internet = Loose Money Unless Google is Involved" and left it at that.
Let's just all agree now not to give them a government bailout when thinking like this drives them to the brink of bankruptcy, OK?
YouTube thoughtfully provide... (Score:5, Funny)
I record all my music off Youtube (Score:5, Funny)
I just hold a microphone up to the speakers and record the song using Windows Sound Recorder.
It's very easy to do and the sound quality is perfectly acceptable because I only listen on the bus.
Re:What? Did you get that gem? (Score:3, Funny)
The only one that needs removing is Rick Astley's "Never gonna give you up".