You Tube blocking music videos for UK

[Neil_H]

Licensing dispute apparently:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7933565.stm

Can easily be solved by using a proxy, haven't noticed any blocked videos yet however.

[Neil_H]

Cpn Jack Spanner said:

Funk said:

kong said:

Funk said:

It's things like this that really make me hate the music industry.

Why? Do you want everybody to make music for free?

No, I hate the machinations of stty businesses getting in the way of people listening to music that the musicians want them to listen to. I'd wager people purchase lots of music off the back of hearing a clip or seeing a video on YouTube, much the same as they did when seeing a video or performance on ToTP or CD:UK.

For myself, I can say I've found obscure songs on YouTube and after listing a few times gone to eBay and bought albums.

These PRS guys clearly don't want the public to buy CD's of artists appearing on YouTube.

I agree, what they should be doing is seeing Youtube as a marketing tool, not a point of sale. It's not Itunes. The music industry is a dinosaur and they just can't get their heads around the internet, they're still clinging to the traditional way of selling music and it just isn't going to work any more.

If MP3s hadn't come along we'd all still be paying 18 quid for a fking CD.