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Background playback is a problem for YouTube because they pay for music licensing through ad revenue. I'm sure advertisers wouldn't be happy with people not see
by eco 10y ago
Background playback is a problem for YouTube because they pay for music licensing through ad revenue. I'm sure advertisers wouldn't be happy with people not seeing the ad they are paying for. With YouTube Red they have another revenue stream to pay for the music licensing. That's my theory, anyway.
- crystalmace 10y agoDoes YouTube actually pay for music licensing though? It's users are the ones that upload the music, afaik all YouTube is responsible for is responding to takedown requests
- zeeZ 10y agoThey are paying for music licensing. In Germany about 60℅ of the top 1000 videos were blocked due to disagreements with GEMA about fees. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_YouTube_videos_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_YouTube_videos_in_...