Universal Music pressuring YouTube, MySpace

Doug Morris is a little out of touch. Essentially isnt he arguing that he wants YouTube to stop sharing his PROMOTIONAL videos for the acts he sells CDs of????!!!

I agree.

Music Videos are promotional materials, not product. The sharing on videos on YouTube and Myspace can only help artists. Now, I can understand that for some artists, this really does hurt the sales of, for example, video compilation DVDs, but considering that these kinds of media are relatively rare, this really shouldn't be an issue.

Yes music industry guys, your promotional videos will be much more effective if you make it harder for people to see them...

FACT
considering that MTV and VH1 rarely show music videos, it's probably in Vivendi-Universal's best interest that someone is showing the clips that they shelled out serious $$$ for.

The fact of the matter is "infringing the copyrights" is taking place. Legally, YouTube will have to pay royalties if they want to host these videos. Universal is pushing the issue, and they either want their cut, or something else of value. It's just that simple. Good business, bad business, shortsighted, visionary, whatever....

Show me the money.

Or the courts may side with YouTube and declare that YouTube provides a non-trivial service to those who do want to share their clips (i.e., it doesn't exist almost exclusively to allow users to access copyrighted content without payment, unlike Kazaa) and that YouTube's policy of removing copyrighted clips when notified is sufficient.

IANAL but as far as my understanding of the DMCA goes, if a site is streaming copyrighted material, as against offering it for download, and has a clearly marked address for any rights holders to complain, and removes any infringing content as soon as they get a complaint, they're in the clear. And YouTube has big warnings not to upload content users didn't generate themselves..

This is just Universal blowing hot air - it worked at Yahoo - but I think YouTube can laugh it off.

You anal? What does your sexual proclivity have to do with anything, and since when can 'anal' be used as a verb?

Atlantic Records apparently recognizes the value of YouTube. They have a channel on You Tube for Jet videos, youtube.com/jetvideos.

yeah i'd call this the stupidest idea ever....why fight it when you can use it to your advantage? come on open your eyes........

yeah i'd call this the stupidest idea ever....why fight it when you can use it to your advantage? come on open your eyes........