Warner & YouTube = partners

[simbiani82.livejournal.com]

Thought this might be interesting, as vague as it may be-

From YouTube's blog :

The Deal with Warner
September 18, 2006

No doubt you've read the news about the partnership we announced with Warner. This is great news for the YouTube community!

Up front, let me say that the details will be worked out with Warner, its recording artists and YouTube over the next few months. Our goal is to provide you with the most entertaining service and more creative options.

The cool thing is that Warner will be posting top music videos, interviews with your favorite artists and behind-the-scenes footage, and more. You'll be able to enjoy and share these videos without concern that they could be removed.

What's even better is that Warner is the first record label to embrace and support your creativity by authorizing use of their music content for free, in partnership with your favorite artists! This new architecture will be available by the end of the year. We will have more details to share then.

Meanwhile, we love hearing from you and want to know how we can continue to be the best way to share your talent with a growing audience.

Cheers,
Powers
The YouTube Team

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[ms-3m.livejournal.com]

While this appears to be nice for us vidders, there was also this on the flip side: http://ms-3m.livejournal.com/119622.html

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[simbiani82.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link- it does seem kindve one step forward and two right back, huh? That CEO demanding "tens of millions of dollars," as if Universal needs the money- like, okay, if you get it, are you then going to distribute it to all of your artists? (Which, would be understandable on a certain level) Or what, just keep it to continue your empire of "music that is for listening, and not for using", lmao. And to think, that money could be going towards charities, heh...