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.

[Funk]

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

[FourWheelDrift]

Neil_H said:

haven't noticed any blocked videos yet however.

Here's one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAp9BKosZXs <--- Official Katy Perry video for "I kissed a Girl".

[130R]

The UK gets screwed again. The PRS are the same bunch of morons that have, or want to, prosecute small businesses for playing the radio publicly which they call piracy.

Can you really be bothered to go through the hassle of finding a quick proxy server to watch these videos? I can't.

[chris watton]

Desperate to get more revenue to cover falling tax returns? Legalised extortion - I do not blame You Tube one bit for doing this.

[FourWheelDrift]

Firefox + Foxyproxy plugin + http://www.proxy-list.org/en/index.php

[130R]

FourWheelDrift said:

Firefox + Foxyproxy plugin + http://www.proxy-list.org/en/index.php

Finding one that actually works and is faster than 1k/s is still a hassle

[evil len]

Would anonymous surfing sites (e.g. the-cloak.com) get round this ?

[Jsys]

evil len said:

Would anonymous surfing sites (e.g. the-cloak.com) get round this ?

There's really no need, it's only blocking official video links. You can still get all the 'illegally' uploaded copies.

The PRS have just shot themselves in the foot really, it means they wont be able to look at their stats for viewing figures when concerning the UK.

[Puggit]

The PRS won't be happy until we all have a slot in our radios and pay £1 per song we listen to.

A truly hateful organisation...

[Funk]

Jsys said:

evil len said:

Would anonymous surfing sites (e.g. the-cloak.com) get round this ?

There's really no need, it's only blocking official video links. You can still get all the 'illegally' uploaded copies.

The PRS have just shot themselves in the foot really, it means they wont be able to look at their stats for viewing figures when concerning the UK.

Completely. Nose > Cut > Spite > Face

[Psimpson7]

That Katy Perry one is blocked here in Oz too.

[Skywalker]

Good on Google for having the stones to call the PRS's bluff.
Surely as the world evolves, then the PRS would be better placed to campaign / compel the music industry to pay song writers a flat fee rather than have it tied into airplay (is that still a word in this 'modern, hi-tech' world).

Maybe they could organise a 'strike' and have the word-smiths down pencils & laptops?

[kong]

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?

[elster]

FourWheelDrift said:

Neil_H said:

haven't noticed any blocked videos yet however.

Here's one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAp9BKosZXs <--- Official Katy Perry video for "I kissed a Girl".

Not available in France either, although I can't say I know anyone who would choose to listen to that over 15. So no great loss.

[Plotloss]

Genius work by PRS.

Where are you going to get a music video from if you cant consume it legally on YouTube?

Thats right, you're going to download it from a file sharing network.

Good way to protect performers PRS, nice shot.

[LDNrevs]

...... apart from the fact that Google profits massively from the artist videos featured - from traffic and user growth. The PRS are fighting the corner of artists who don't see nearly enough of what should be owed to them. Google is fast becoming the new Microsoft in terms of it's position, dominance and throwing its weight around.

[R4PID]

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?

Yes. Where market forces dictate simpler and easier distribution then it stands to right that revenues will suffer and doubtless the artist's take home pay will be less. Just because they've been getting paid handsomely for so long (through record sales) doesn't make it right. They make enough from endorsements and sponsorship anyway.

[Gylen]

Yes, but the PRS have a track record of 'not quite understanding the internet' and getting it wrong. Their licences (note, last time I looked at this was 18 months or so ago, so perhaps different now) simply don't cover online useage amply. I think they struggle to operate in an online environment, to be honest.

[Plotloss]

LDNrevs said:

...... apart from the fact that Google profits massively from the artist videos featured - from traffic and user growth. The PRS are fighting the corner of artists who don't see nearly enough of what should be owed to them. Google is fast becoming the new Microsoft in terms of it's position, dominance and throwing its weight around.

In the list of people queueing up to arse rape artists, Google are a LONG way behind the huge amount of people involved in recording production.

You want to support bands, go and see live music.

Everything else is garnish.