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Business News • 3 min read

YouTube sued for not making Content ID more widely available to independent music-makers

Grammy winner Maria Schneider has filed a class action lawsuit accusing YouTube of failing to make its Content ID system available to independent creators.…

Chris Cooke • 03 Jul 2020

Artist News • 1 min read

YouTube reinstates Man On Man video, after claiming it breached "sex and nudity policy"

YouTube has reinstated the Man On Man video for 'Daddy' after removing it for breaching its sex and nudity policy, with the platform calling the takedown a mistake.…

Andy Malt • 03 Jun 2020

Business News • 2 min read

Danish courts block stream-ripping site Yout.com despite it employing the "but we don't copy anything" defence

A Danish court has ruled that stream-ripping site Yout.com infringes copyright and ordered internet providers to block it, rejecting the operator's defence that it copies no files.…

Chris Cooke • 27 Apr 2020

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YouTuber fails in lawsuit over YouTube's handling of copyright notices

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by YouTuber DJ Short-E against YouTube, ruling that its terms of service let it decide how to handle counter-notices.…

Chris Cooke • 17 Apr 2020

Business News • 1 min read

EU Advocate General says YouTube only needs to pass the postal addresses of infringers on to copyright owners

An EU Advocate General has advised that YouTube need only hand over users' postal addresses, not email or IP addresses, to copyright owners pursuing infringers.…

Chris Cooke • 06 Apr 2020

And Finally • 1 min read

Lewis Capaldi taunts Noel Gallagher in trailer for cover song

Lewis Capaldi has previewed his cover of The Chemical Brothers' 'Setting Sun', which featured Noel Gallagher, in a YouTube trailer for a new birthday song series.…

Andy Malt • 12 Mar 2020

Business News • 1 min read

YouTube has 20 million premium subscribers, $15 billion a year ad revenue

Alphabet has disclosed that YouTube earned nearly $5 billion in ad revenue in Q4 2019 and has over 20 million premium subscribers.…

Chris Cooke • 05 Feb 2020

Artist News • 2 min read

US court rules fair use didn't apply to unofficial Prince videos on YouTube

A US court has ruled that fair use did not protect unofficial YouTube videos of Prince performances, in a case brought by the Prince estate's representatives.…

Chris Cooke • 08 Jan 2020

Business News • 1 min read

YouTube adds ticket links in the UK and Ireland

YouTube has begun showing ticket listings next to music videos in the UK and Ireland through partnerships with Ticketmaster, See Tickets and Eventbrite.…

Chris Cooke • 28 Nov 2019

Artist News • 1 min read

Can you sing like Freddie Mercury? Ask a computer

Queen and YouTube Music have launched the FreddieMeter, a website that scores how closely a user's singing resembles Freddie Mercury, to support the Mercury Phoenix Trust.…

Andy Malt • 15 Nov 2019

Business News • 1 min read

MMF's Accelerator Programme for artist managers returns for second year

Applications have opened for the second round of the MMF and YouTube Music's Accelerator Programme for UK music managers.…

Andy Malt • 15 Oct 2019

And Finally • 2 min read

Takedown notice against Trump's Nickelback video was sent by Warner Music

A Trump campaign video using a clip from Nickelback's Photograph was removed from Twitter and YouTube after Warner Music, owner of the band's former label Roadrunner, filed takedown notices.…

Andy Malt • 04 Oct 2019