Youtube does pay the music industry though? From what I understand torrents
were doing in the music on CD industry and that Youtube saved them in part
as they get a cut of the advertising on the videos.
J
On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 5:26 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
A study claiming that YouTube costs them ONE BEEEELION
DOLLARS a year,
by having DMCA safe harbours!
writeup:
https://torrentfreak.com/dmca-helps-youtube-avoid-up-to-1bn-
in-royalties-per-year-study-claims-170330/
study:
http://www.phoenix-center.org/PolicyBulletin/PCPB41Final.pdf
The conceit here is the music industry claiming that YouTube should
pay them money that they literally know YouTube isn't taking in, on an
assured basis as they do with Spotify.
They have been smart enough to explicitly name Wikipedia as the sort
of organisation they don't want to hurt. Wikimedians, of course, know
better than to trust the IP industry with anything. This "study" is
getting hyped in the industry press today; if it comes to anything, it
*may* be worth Wikimedia commenting.
- d.
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