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Posted in industry | music on September 18, 2006
YouTube strikes licensing deal with Warner Music
"Under the landmark deal, Warner Music has also agreed to provide music videos from its extensive catalogue of artists on the video-sharing website for the first time......Last week, Universal Music Group described YouTube and News Corporation's MySpace as copyright infringers." [Guardian]
Posted on September 18, 2006 12:01 PM
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Even though the feature of this announcement is the content distribution angle, make sure you scroll right to the bottom of YouTube's press release. They're about to release technology that allows content owners like record labels to make money off of their content as it appears in amateur videos posted to YouTube. All you home karaoke video makers are about to make Warner richer! Check out my blog for more on this...
Posted by nolin | September 18, 2006 12:20 PM
WTF? Warner Music Group agreed not to sue anyone who uses a clip from one of WMG's videos in his or her homemade video that's uploaded to YouTube. What more do you want?
Posted by no, no, nolin | September 19, 2006 12:12 AM