Hospital Records allies with new YouTube music licensing platform Lickd
Hospital Records has partnered with start-up Lickd, a platform letting YouTube creators license commercial tracks for their videos without facing copyright blocks.…
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CMU Digest 27.10.17: WINTEL, NMPA, YouTube, The Pirate Bay, EFF
The weekly digest covers WIN's indie market share figures, NMPA's mechanical licence proposal, a Content Creators Coalition campaign against YouTube, and the Pirate Bay domain returning.…
Artist group piles pressure on YouTube with ads on YouTube
The Content Creators Coalition has launched two digital ads on YouTube attacking the platform's safe harbour protections and the royalty gap with audio streaming services.…
Now the digital rights groups write to the EU about safe harbour reform
Digital rights groups have written to EU leaders urging deletion of the safe harbour reform in the draft Copyright Directive, responding to music industry lobbying to strengthen it.…
IFPI looks at global music consumption, concludes that YouTube is evil
IFPI's global research finds 45% of music consumers now use licensed streaming, with YouTube the main platform for young listeners, which the trade group says underpays rights holders.…
EU to pressure web giants to do more to tackle piracy on their networks
Draft EU guidelines reported by Reuters would pressure search engines and social networks to proactively remove illegal content, including copyright-infringing material, while keeping safe harbour.…
YouTube-mp3 officially shuts down
The stream-ripping site YouTube-mp3 has officially shut down after a US court approved a settlement with the RIAA, with its operator agreeing to hand over its domains and pay damages.…
YouTube-mp3 agrees to shut down
Stream-ripping site YouTube-mp3 has agreed to shut down and hand its domain to the RIAA, settling a US lawsuit with founder Philip Matesanz, who has accepted the labels' infringement claims.…
A2IM adds to stack of responses to Lyor Cohen's 'YouTube is great' blog
A2IM boss Richard James Burgess responds to YouTube's Lyor Cohen, disputing his claims about YouTube's payouts and Content ID system.…
BPI boss responds to Lyor Cohen's safe harbour remarks
BPI chief Geoff Taylor has responded to YouTube music boss Lyor Cohen's blog post, disputing claims about YouTube advertising growth and royalties in the UK.…
RIAA hits back at Lyor Cohen's "safe harbours are a distraction" blog post
The RIAA has responded to YouTube's Lyor Cohen, disputing his optimism about the platform's revenues and arguing that safe harbour reform matters.…
YouTube's Lyor Cohen tells the music industry to shut up and wait (basically)
YouTube's Lyor Cohen has used a blog post to defend the platform's progress in subscriptions and argue that the music industry should wait, while the safe harbour dispute continues.…