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| reply to GOLFnSUN Re: YouTube technically doesn't have to pay them a dime - NOT
said by GOLFnSUN :When YouTube sells ads attached to the music videos, they gave up their safe harbor provisions. So Warner is due compensation for YouTube hosting their music. Provided that they reach a deal that grants them such.
Copyright owners can freely distribute their own content without having to collect any money for it should that be what they want to do. We see examples of this with GPL licensed software. If Warner were to choose on its own to upload its own content to YouTube, it would be no different than anyone else uploading their own content to YouTube. In either situation, YouTube would not owe them anything. -- Blagojevich / Madoff 2012! |