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by 1nverseMtx 2152 days ago
No sympathy for music licensing bodies. Lacks any details about previous deals or how those compare world wide.
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The weird thing is that licensing bodies, like writers guilds et al, are supposed to represent the financial interests of artists and other folks involved in the process.

They've built a reputation for being stodgy and backwards because of their ham-fisted handling of DRM/piracy/mp3 sales, but insisting that YouTube funnels real money back to artists is exactly what they ought to be doing.