Comments on: YouTube Ordered to Pay $1.6M to ASCAP

By: Yadgyu

Yadgyu — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:04:23 +0000

The indie band will earn nothing from these license fees. The big artists will laugh at the few thousand bucks coming in. Another waste of time. But hey, the lawyers are getting paid!

By: YouTube’s Really Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley

YouTube’s Really Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:38:44 +0000

[...] here. Given the fact that there are still tons of versions of the video on the site (none of which are making the songwriters any money), it’s more likely that a choice made by the user infringed upon YouTube’s TOS. In the [...]

By: crackpipe

crackpipe — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:01:43 +0000

With ASCAP wanting performance royalties and RIAA wanting mechanical royalties, only major orgainizations like Google can afford to fight them. Meanwhile, as noted above, musicians miss out on publicity and creativity is stifled. No copyright enforcement and overly-zealous, greedy triple-dipping copyright enforcement both appear to hurt artists and innovation. One thing's clear: the RIAA, ASCAP, BMI, and MPAA are not here to be helpful to anyone. It's time artists created a new set of PRO's for their music and films, organizations that actually benefit them and which are reasonable.

By: SparkleTags.Com

SparkleTags.Com — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:55:11 +0000

Well the sad thing about this is that now they are going after small sites that have youtube videos on them.. I'm sure Myspace is going to be the next big one in line...

What is really sad is that I'm sure no songwriter will see any of that money...

By: ASCAP wants users to pay for embedded YouTube videos

ASCAP wants users to pay for embedded YouTube videos — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:23:16 +0000

[...] information out to people without them having to click extra links to find the video. Now, after winning in court against YouTube, ASCAP wants regular users to pay for embedded videos on their sites. ASCAP [...]

By: Embedding a YouTube Video May Cost You a Bundle « Ancavge

Embedding a YouTube Video May Cost You a Bundle « Ancavge — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:51:55 +0000

[...] off a court victory against Google’s YouTube, ASCAP tells us it is setting its sights on users of the video-sharing [...]

By: Embedding a YouTube Video May Cost You a Bundle in ASCAP Bills | Tech-monkey.info Blogs

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:21:36 +0000

[...] off a court victory against Google’s YouTube, ASCAP tells us it is setting its sights on users of the [...]

By: Embedding a YouTube Video May Cost You a Bundle in ASCAP Bills [Copyfight] | Newstion.com

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:01:44 +0000

[...] Video May Cost You a Bundle in ASCAP Bills [Copyfight] Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Fresh off a court victory against Google’s YouTube, ASCAP tells us it is setting its sights on users of the [...]

By: TechDozer » Roundup: YouTube must pay songwriters, Queen Rania loves Twitter, and more

Thu, 21 May 2009 07:59:27 +0000

[...] ordered to pay $1.6M to US songwriters — The fees are only temporary as YouTube and the ASCAP songwriters association go to court to reach a more [...]

By: Roundup: YouTube must pay songwriters, Queen Rania loves Twitter, and more » VentureBeat

Thu, 21 May 2009 07:57:47 +0000

[...] ordered to pay $1.6M to US songwriters — The fees are only temporary as YouTube and the ASCAP songwriters association go to court to reach a more [...]