Record labels and websites are in a music video tussle
The removal of Warner Music Group's videos from YouTube over the weekend highlights the growing tension between music labels and websites over what is becoming an important source of revenue for the beleaguered recorded-music industry: advertising and licensing fees from music videos, the foundation that built MTV but which has migrated to the web.
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posted by Five Six Media at
12:56 PM
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Ha! HeHEHEHE!!! HA... LOL ... What video's? Ok they have Sire, Reprise, etc... Did the artist want this? Maybe. But really, if you're a young blood and you want some vid? You'll get it! If you have web savvy (anybody under 50) - you'll find it or know somebody who does. Fools! Partner with your consumer already! Get underground again. The music comapanies are still in LALA land. Still trashing,suing, coming in in the middle of the night with some dupped musician leading the way to put people in jail while giving the artist litle or nothing. I want my web video!
Anybody with Bandwidth and web mkting skills (many) and is into music as a hobby / business will and has been putting it online since at least '92.
As sales plummet and capability for Independent distribution becomes commoditized, the record company needs to start spending money (!) to make money. Attach affiliate programs to aggregation sites like YouTube (unless you have a secret alternative !). Start small (rev) and work-up. Work with the artists! It can all be managed online. Get with it.
Let the People Go or they will set themselves free.
Very well put guys!
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