<videovortex> Dear YouTube: An open letter from Irving Azoff

[Dr. Strangelove]

If you want to be a real artist stop trying to sell your art and give it 
away for free.

Art wants to be free.

Dr. Strangelove




On 13/05/2016 8:07 AM, Geert Lovink wrote:
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> Dear YouTube: An open letter from Irving Azoff (from APRA Online 
> Digest #254)
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> "You have built a business that works really well for you and for 
> Google, but it doesn’t work well for artists," says the legendary 
> artists' manager. Your attempt at "Setting the Record Straight" 
> through a post on your "creator blog" last month did exactly the 
> opposite: It was obfuscation to divert artists’ attention from the 
> fact that YouTube hides behind the DMCA’s "safe harbor" provision and 
> pays artists a pittance. You say that music matters to YouTube. There 
> is an old adage about actions and words. If YouTube valued music, then 
> it would allow artists to have the same control which YouTube grants 
> to itself. YouTube has created original programming. Those programs 
> sit behind a "paid wall" and are not accessible for free unless 
> YouTube decides to make them available that way. If a fan wants to 
> watch the YouTube series "Sister-Zoned,”that fan has to subscribe to 
> YouTube Red for $9.99 a month. But the same does not apply to music.
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> http://www.recode.net/2016/5/9/11609494/irving-azoff-youtube-artists-streaming-music 
> http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/7358065/irving-azoff-jumps-into-youtube-war-on-this-we-are 
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