So much music on YouTube - how do they get away with it?
Compared to a couple of years ago, it's a great time to snatch copies of all those songs you've missed over the years, because just about everything I've searched for lately seems to be on there.
How do all those people get away with uploading so many copyrighted pieces? There are users there with hundreds of tracks to choose from. Why do they not get pulled?
How do all those people get away with uploading so many copyrighted pieces? There are users there with hundreds of tracks to choose from. Why do they not get pulled?
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I've noticed a lot of the vevo channels uploading old songs from their current artists.
So like songs from before 2005 and before youtube etc...
btw it's not really Tom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTwoMGCtPT8&feature=inp-tw-paq
Not specifically music but Google have been taken to task before, they won the case however
It's also so nice to find old music videos when you feel nostalgic...
If the only thing you find on youtube is random people ranting or doing covers and all copyrighted material were to disapear, would people still go there? It's not really in youtube's best interest to really start hunting for all that material.
And seeing as Google are more powerful than world governments, it ain't gonna change.
Not the studio versions just uploaded by the record companies, I mean like rare demo/live versions of tracks that you wouldn't otherwise hear of,
I have no idea how you download stuff from youtube, I just stream I guess, but I have read that you can download. I believe that's the main issue, if you can just download the albums, how many people will go buy them?
But it is such a great promotional tool, so it's does have its advantages.
I don't know how it works with Vivo, but there are ads before the videos sometimes, it could be a way to contibute a little bit as far as the streaming goes... But that also tends to annoy people.
Well, I will look up what spotify is I guess, but the great thing with youtube is that you don't need to sign up indeed, you can stream right away...
However, I think youtube is a good platform to see if you might like an album before purchasing it, I was merely suggesting ads so that the artists get something from all that streaming that is currently happening for free.
But the problem with sinking sales and illegal downloading is much bigget than that obviously.