Rant Youtube to block music videos in UK

[Vladamir]

BBC NEWS | Technology | YouTube stands by UK video block

What a load of shit

 

[TdC]

Google has told us they are taking this step because they wish to pay significantly less than at present to the writers of the music on which their service relies, despite the massive increase in YouTube viewing.

imo that reads "bad google doesn't want to give us PRS people their yummy munnies!" leave the artist out, and tell the people what's really going on imo.

 

[Mikah75]

that is a load of shit

 

[Laddey]

what a pile of shit

 

[fettoken]

Thats what you fuckers get when blocking other countries from watching some UK clips

 

[Overdriven]

Oh well. Guess I'll have to carry on downloading all my music now, since I can't watch the vidoes from them.

Piracy to go up.

 

[megadave]

Does this count for custom made music videos? Or where people have just uplaoded and a song to a picture etc? Most music videos are shit anyway and i couldnt care less. Rapidshare 4tw.

 

[pikeh]

....

 

[fettoken]

Im still laughing. Does that make me a evil person?

 

[Lamp]

This was innevitable

Only a matter of time before youtube starts getting its stick out

 

[megadave]

All these foreigners won't be laughing when the same inevitably happens to them

 

[JingleBells]

YouTube, however, cannot be expected to engage in a business in which it loses money every time a music video is played - that is simply not a sustainable business model." he said.

Now YouTube are saying this I wonder if the music industry will sit up and take note

 

[Billargh]

Does anyone really bother to watch music videos on YouTube anyway?

 

[Zenith.UK]

PRS are flexing their PR muscle making out that Google/Youtube are the bad guys because Youtube won't pay the new rate they're demanding.
Youtube are saying that they'd be losing money on each video watched if they paid the rate PRS want.

It's doomed to failure because PRS aren't getting ANY revenue from Youtube now, and Youtube are big enough internationally to just go "Fuck You" to PRS in the UK. It's all posturing and in the end they'll work something out.

 

[Laddey]

Does anyone really bother to watch music videos on YouTube anyway?

Nah, i don't watch the video but i listen to the song - if i like, i buy

 

[CorNokZ]

Thats what you fuckers get when blocking other countries from watching some UK clips

Im still laughing. Does that make me a evil person?

+1!!!

Serves you well!

 

[Chronictank]

PRS are flexing their PR muscle making out that Google/Youtube are the bad guys because Youtube won't pay the new rate they're demanding.
Youtube are saying that they'd be losing money on each video watched if they paid the rate PRS want.

It's doomed to failure because PRS aren't getting ANY revenue from Youtube now, and Youtube are big enough internationally to just go "Fuck You" to PRS in the UK. It's all posturing and in the end they'll work something out.

They did the same to Pandora (that online music radio) , in they end they told them where to stick it too which is why we lost it

Thats what you fuckers get when blocking other countries from watching some UK clips

They aren't free clips, we rent them through our tv liscence
You're not paying for it so why would you have access?

 

[fettoken]

+1!!!

Serves you well!

You +1 me, that is an intolerable insult. And im not going to do anything about it!

 

[GReaper]

I think this shows how screwed up the music industry is.

People want to watch music videos online for free, people want to listen to various Internet radio stations for free as well. We don't mind them being advert funded, it's expected for free stuff. However if successful sites like YouTube can't do this in the UK with Google being hugely successful with advertisement - it shows something is wrong.

 

[Billargh]

Can you lot wanting to watch them still not just go through a proxy or similar method anyway?

 

[Hawkwind]

Greedy PRS f*ckers! Asking for a mutiple increase on current revenues that just was not supportable by the youtube business model. Could understand asking for this if youtube were making billions from it but they are not. It's still an emerging business and will take years to make decent profits. PRS asking for these types are increases are plain stupid, it would cripple the business. Talk about killing the golden goose!

Still the PRS PR machines rolls on 'Bad Google! Greedy Google!

 

[Overdriven]

Like Google can't afford it..

 

[Corran]

Like Google can't afford it..

who cares if they could afford to take a loss on this... they a business so why the fuck would they set up a business model that would make them lose money?

Of course, they could agree to it then charge a subscription fee to use Youtube. bet you like that one

 

[Huntingtons]

losing money is what many companies do to get costumers.

 

[Overdriven]

who cares if they could afford to take a loss on this... they a business so why the fuck would they set up a business model that would make them lose money?

Of course, they could agree to it then charge a subscription fee to use Youtube. bet you like that one

*Doesn't really use youtube that much for music* I'm not saying they should, my point was, simply, "they could afford to". Nothing else. Subscription services make me cry.