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Why? They are trying their best to collect a fair fee for artists. YouTube are the ones that have decided that those rules shouldn't apply to them and rather th
by junto 11y ago
Why? They are trying their best to collect a fair fee for artists. YouTube are the ones that have decided that those rules shouldn't apply to them and rather than accept those laws they use their own site as propaganda to blame GEMA. What you get presented on YouTube isn't telling the whole truth by any means. It is really annoying as a YouTube user in Germany to have so many music videos blocked, but that is what Google want you to feel. They appear to be doing a very good job of it by the sound of it!
The reality is that GEMA and Google are both acting like children over the matter that has been going on since 2009. Both are to blame but the only thing users see is that it is all GEMA's fault.
The issue needs to be blamed on both.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_YouTube_videos_in_Germany https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_YouTube_videos_i...
- Xylakant 11y agoWhile you're right that the youtube issue is more complicated than "google good gema bad" it's an interesting assessment that the GEMA is trying to collect a "fair" fee for the artist. The GEMA is in dire need of reform on the fair front and on a couple of other issues as well. For example, only the upper 5% of the members get to vote on the distribution of funds, classical music gets ranked higher etc. The goal of the GEMA is a fine one, but over the years the institution has gone somewhat astray. For german speakers I can recommend http://www.internet-law.de/2012/05/ist-das-system-gema-unfair.html http://www.internet-law.de/2012/05/ist-das-system-gema-unfai... as summary.
- mseidl 11y ago12 cents per view? That's insane!