German collection society refuses to back down to YouTube
News: 18th May 2010 by Louise Dodgson under Media, Music Publishing
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Do you remember the whole commotion last year between YouTube and PRS For Music? YouTube disputed the license payments which PRS For Music requests for play of music videos via the site and it resulted in videos being pulled from the website. Then the record labels got upset about their music videos being dragged off the site and in turn losing revenue.
This article looks at who actually feels the brunt of these fallings-out, typically the songwriter. However, in Germany the equivalent of collection society PRS For Music, Gema, is standing firm against YouTube and has joined forces with other collection societies to increase their bargaining power.
Interesting reading indeed so check out the article below, plus a couple more articles from 2009 summarising the original YouTube and PRS For Music issue.
Related Links
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/may/13/gema-youtube-royalties-dispute
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/sep/03/youtube-prs-deal-file-sharing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/mar/09/digital-music-and-audio-youtube
Tags
music royalties, songwriters, collection societies, gema, youtube, record companies, record labels, prs for music
