Tagged: YouTube
Universal & Google Make It Official: VEVO To Launch This Year
Not too long ago we warned you that this was coming: Universal and Google have officially announced the launch of VEVO, a music and video entertainment service set to launch this year. read more »
The Story That Wouldn't Die: YouTube UK Pulls All Premium Videos
The panty-twisting over music videos on YouTube has made its way across the pond — as of today YouTube UK will begin removing all premium music videos from the site following a dispute with the Performing Rights Society (PRS). read more »
Universal And Google Team Up To Make Music Video Site, Clearly Don't Know About YouTube
A while back, we told you about a plan from some of the major labels to launch a Hulu-like music video web site as an alternative to the unthinkable pennance they were apparently earning for letting their artists’ videos air on YouTube. Now, as some of the majors renegotiate liscensing deals with YouTube (and others just flip out), Universal has partnered with the Google-owned operation to create its own UMG-artists-only online home for music videos. read more »
UK Teens Would Give Up Sex For Music – But Only If The Downloads Are Free
London’s Marrakesh Records unveiled this week the results of a survey it commissioned on youth and music in the UK. We can’t decide what’s more interesting: the fact that the majority of British teens would rather go without sex than give up music for a week, or that the primary place they discover new music online is YouTube. Was that the sound of WMG executives crapping themselves in abject terror? Probably. read more »
YouTube, Sirius XM And The Final Frontier Of Media Sharing
The best things in life are free, but from the looks of it, YouTube is in the process of making steps towards compromise with major label moguls that will make the free site just like any other media sharing site these days; equipped with user charges. Whether or not these steps YouTube is taking is in the direction of the user’s benefit we are not sure, but regardless the company’s new course of action is attempting to create an equilibrium between itself and the money lovin’ media conglomerates that want to sabotage our internet freedoms and fun. Don’t they know there’s a recession? read more »
The YouTube Saga Continues; Users Strike Back
And so the battle continues. YouTube members are striking back at Warner Music Group‘s recent decision to strip the free, video-sharing site of any music that violates WMG’s copyright policies. Users have made a valiant attempt at defaming WMG’s decision; posting swarms of ‘protest’ videos bashing the entertainment corporation, in hopes of reviving their right to ‘creative expression’ on the web. read more »
Ongoing War On Fun: YouTube Mutes Audio On Copyrighted Songs
When we first reported last week on the big four major labels’ plan to combine their powers and create a new music video web-service and Warner Music Group’s panty-twisting over its artist’s videos on YouTube, we had no idea that so much was about to happen so fast. First, the CEO of WMG actually addressed the YouTube tantrum in an interview with Billboard, and now, the unthinkable — YouTube is muting videos with songs that don’t meet copyright standards. read more »
Major Labels Finally Get This Internet Thing, Seem Bent On Making It Less Fun
Some of our readers probably can’t remember a time when MTV actually played music videos. And soon enough, some of us won’t be able to remember a time when we could them on YouTube, either. As more and more videos get pulled from the site, we were less than shocked to learn that the major labels are hard at work figuring out a way to make a little extra cash off internet views. read more »
YouTubes Of People Enjoying Music From The New Issue Of The FADER
Last week, Erol Alkan, who is the subject of a big feature in The FADER #58, sent us the above embedded video of a kid adding an acoustic guitar part to “Veronica’s Veil” by Fan … read more »
