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There is replay; you can search many radio stations playlist for a specific title and play it. What about Youtube? It seems most / all music is on YT, what lic
by bambax 9y ago
There is replay; you can search many radio stations playlist for a specific title and play it.
What about Youtube? It seems most / all music is on YT, what licence do they use? Streaming services seem a lot like YT.
- cortesoft 9y agoI think only music owners are allowed to post to YT, so they don't need a license like Spotify would.
- DrJokepu 9y agoBut you see, the thing is with commercial music is that the music owner is not a single entity. There is a composer, if there are lyrics there is a lyricist, if it was translated then there is a translator, if it’s a cover or remix there is an arranger, there is a publisher that published the music, there might be a sub-publisher, then there is a record label… One of the main reasons behind the existence of this complex system of rights is the complex ownership structure of the copyright and related rights.
- notatoad 9y agoIsn't this the reason vevo exists? youtube pays a single royalty based on playback and leaves it to the uploader to split it up between all the interested parties.
- DrJokepu 9y agoYes, that’s a common arrangement.
- EADGBE 9y ago> But you see, the thing is with commercial music is that the music owner is not a single entity. Great example, but you don't always have to split everything up 100 different ways, either. There is commercial music in almost every genre owned entirely by the songwriter/composer/artist.
- Operyl 9y agoNope! You can totally pay for royalties and the entire right to perform on YouTube. It’s usually automatic.
- dizzystar 9y agoYou are allowed to post covers on YouTube, which requires a performance license payment. Covers are a compulsory license, so there is no way to disallow a cover from being posted if the license fees are paid.
- DrJokepu 9y agoYouTube is different though because as soon as you have visuals accompanying the audio you are in sync rights territory which is the kind of royalty that e.g. television broadcasters pay. Same goes for Twitch.
- alsetmusic 9y ago> YouTube is different though because as soon as you have visuals accompanying the audio you are in sync rights territory which is the kind of royalty that e.g. television broadcasters pay. Same goes for Twitch. There are endless uploads to YouTube with a static title slide accompanied by a popular song. I see them constantly when searching for genuine music videos from my adolescence. Infringement seems pretty clear in these particular cases. This is obviously distinct from Spotify’s streaming business, of course. I’m only attempting to address this specific subtopic.
- eric-hu 9y agoGoogle provides a mechanism for copyright owners to claim those videos and either get advertising rights to them or remove them.
- asdjasldkjkljd 9y agoYou can download songs to play offline later, which is definitely more on the mechanical end though... ultimately I think they'll need to create a new category. It's like light being both a beam and a particle.
- caractacus 9y agoYouTube don't need a license because they say they are covered by safe harbors / DMCA, so the record companies have negotiated separate agreements with YouTube. The fact that safe harbors were designed for passive intermediaries like ISPs and not a service like YT that promotes and makes money and gets value from all the music people upload (including record companies) is glossed over by YouTube.