According to the Death and Taxes site, a “an official spokesperson for YouTube reached out to Death and Taxes in an effort to clear up what they see as ‘misinformation,’ and present the facts from their side of the story.” Ah yes, that “official spokesman”, boy that one gets around. Seems like we’re always hearing from a […]
While the world has rightly focused on YouTube’s problems with indie labels, in some ways Google has just gotten around to doing to labels what they’ve been doing to songwriters for years. In case you have any doubts about just how badly YouTube is out of touch with the songwriters, we have a copy of […]
Google is now competing with Pandora for the title of Easter Bunny of Screwups. YouTube had a window to negotiate a fair deal with the world wide network of indie labels and guess what? They thought it would be a good idea to continue to strongarm the indies and try to jam the YouTube hillbilly […]
The Copyright Office Music Licensing Study Roundtables have brought up a couple of nagging issues regarding connecting royalty payments with the songwriters or artists who are entitled to payment. The first comes up with services that rely on the Section 115 compulsory license for songs. The statute requires the digital service that uses the song […]
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I’m in China for the next two weeks performing and doing a series of IP and Music Industry events. I will be occasionally updating readers on my activities. Congress Should Ask Digital Music Services Why They Don’t Go After Ad Supported Piracy. Why don’t services like Spotify go after…
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According to the New York Times, the US-backed (as far as we know) Free Syrian Army struggled to take control of the airport at Aleppo, Syria and laid an months-long siege to the airport that was broken this week when the FSA got some help. More US aid? No…this…
Yes, Google is again accused of unfair labor practices, this time by Carpenters Local 1506. The carpenters are picketing in front of Google’s offices in Venice in the…you can’t make this stuff up…Binoculars Building. Yes, that’s right. Google the NSA contractor chose to move into a building shaped like binoculars. They are just so tone […]
In a speech at Canadian Music Week, Beggars Group Chairman Martin Mills was not only right, he was prescient: Google, the parent of YouTube, [is] one of the companies that have made billions on the back of [the DMCA notice and takedown,] a statutory provision intended to protect ordinary people acting innocently. Google has now […]
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