Die Gema fordert von Google Lizenzgebühren für die Videotauschbörse Youtube. Die Gema mahnt zudem Urheberrechtsverstöße bei Youtube ab. Google wurde aufgefordert, Videos mit nicht lizensierter Musik zu löschen.
Armed with this kitty of money Youtube approached the media companies with an open checkbook to buy peace. The media companies smelled a transaction when Youtube radically changed their initial 'revenue sharing' offer to one laden with cash.
Three of the four major music companies each quietly negotiated to take small stakes in YouTube as part of video- and music-licensing deals they struck shortly before the sale, people involved in the talks said yesterday.
Don’t ask! Hell, record execs are too busy in marketing meetings figuring out how to get their wares placed in the few existing slots on radio so they don’t get fired to pay attention to your wacky idea until it gets traction.
ouTube has offered other labels an option for an equity stake in the company as part of proposed deals. “If Warner took YouTube up on such an offer, it could create an expensive precedent for every other copyright holder YouTube wants to settle with,”
The key to success in media today and in the future is to recognize that we, the people, formerly known as the audience, are in control. Artists, too, now have more control. Middlemen don’t. Middlemen don’t own content, software, creativity, or art.
His remarks strongly suggested the company was planning to take legal action in the near-term to either prevent the illegal use of their content on these websites or to ensure the company is compensated for the use of its content.
Doug Morris has said that YouTube and MySpace are “copyright infringers and owe us tens of millions of dollars”. He added, “How we deal with these companies will be revealed shortly” - suggesting that the world’s biggest record company could be
To make the deal happen, YouTube developed a royalty-tracking system that will detect when homemade videos are using copyrighted material. YouTube says the technology will enable Warner Music to review the video and decide whether it wants to approve or r
Under this, WMG is making available al its videos on YouTube and will allow for users to use the videos in their own creations. YouTube is developing an automated system to digitally identify copyrighted music and video uploaded by its users, and will the
Die Musikindustrie scheint YouTube und andere nicht verklagen zu wollen sondern eher eine kooperation anzustreben. Die Videos sollen promotion für die Musik sein. Einzig aufgenommene original Videos sind problematisch.
Neben Musikvideos auf den Videoseiten, die den Umsatz ($3,7Mio) gefährden will die Musikindustrie nun auch etwas gegen die Hintergrundmusik unternehmen. Z.B: Beteiligungen am Umsatz (Werbung) oder Promotion Deals.
Die RIAA verschickt nun Löschanträge an YouTube und GoogleVideo für illegal hochgeladenen Musikvideos. Das funktioniert allerdings werden die Videos innerhalb von Tagen wieder neu hochgeladen. Meist DVR mitschnitte.
