[ConsiderCrying]

Joining Spotify and Rakuten. Honestly hope there'll be more to come. The recent situation with Google and Danish record companies being in a stand-off and Google deleting Danish music from YouTube shows how bad things can get if left unchecked.

[tehabe]

two different issues. Google is not deleting Danish music, just blocking them in Denmark. Because they don't want to agree on the higher costs for the rights. The topic is rather complex but honestly, I think the issue is not really YouTube but the contracts between musicians and record labels, if those were more fair musicians would earn a lot more, even if YouTube paid less to the record companies. But this rather off-topic.

[playeren]

My understanding of the matter is that while KODA and Google were negotiating, Google insisted their cut be raised with 80% until they reach a new agreement at an unknown date in the future.

I would also be wary of letting the other party in a negotiation create strong incentives to never reach a new mutually beneficial agreement.