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40hz:
With the imminent launch of Google's new subscription music service, reports are coming in from many independent labels about phone calls and letters from Google warning that their content may be blocked unless they sign onto Google's new service. What this means is unless your label is part of Google's subscription service going forward, all your current videos will be removed and any future videos will blocked from streaming via Google.

That in itself would be bad enough. But the indies are also complaining they're being offered inferior terms compared to those offered to the last standing "old boys" like Universal, Warner, and Sony. Most of the indie labels contacted have characterized Google's behavior in this matter as arm-twisting and corporate bullying.

Most interesting of all, Google is making no attempt whatsoever to downplay or mitigate any negative fallout. They've offered this statement:

"Our goal is to continue making YouTube an amazing music experience, both as a global platform for fans and artists to connect, and as a revenue source for the music industry. We're adding subscription-based features for music on YouTube with this in mind — to bring our music partners new revenue streams in addition to the hundreds of millions of dollars YouTube already generates for them each year. We are excited that hundreds of major and independent labels are already partnering with us."
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The message seems to be: Hey kiddies! Don't get left out. All the other cool kids are doing it already! Sign up now - or you won't get to play in our sandbox.

Links to several articles on this can be found here.

Just one step closer to officially sanctioned art.



Hey Larry Page? Didn't somebody resembling you once say "Do no evil"?

Deozaan:
Hey Larry Page? Didn't somebody resembling you once say "Do no evil"?-40hz (June 17, 2014, 03:22 PM)
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That's a common misunderstanding. What he actually said was "Do know evil." Which is why Google are so good at collecting and analyzing every detail of our lives. :P

40hz:
Hey Larry Page? Didn't somebody resembling you once say "Do no evil"?-40hz (June 17, 2014, 03:22 PM)
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That's a common misunderstanding. What he actually said was "Do know evil." Which is why Google are so good at collecting and analyzing every detail of our lives. :P
-Deozaan (June 17, 2014, 03:29 PM)
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LOL Awesome! ;D ;D ;D

wraith808:
Well, google's been redefining evil for a while.  And as long as they stick to their definition, they're doing no evil, right?

From: https://twitter.com/BrentButt/statuses/412700627152961536

Google motto 2004: Don't be evil
Google motto 2010: Evil is tricky to define
Google motto 2013: We make military robots

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 ;D

SeraphimLabs:
Why are people still using youtube anyway.

There are other streaming video services out there now that would love to have your viewing, and are willing to take some risks of their own to get your attention- like showing content that youtube might not make available in your country, and taking their sweet time responding to copyright complaints because they know what content people want to see.

Google has become the new Walmart. It is huge, and it is going to stay huge unless people show a little willpower and shop somewhere else.

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