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Originally Posted by blackmonsters
See here's the deal :
You could have just that and it would only take a little effort by youtube.
1 - youtube would have a place on the upload page to list the music in the video
2 - youtube would then auto generate a "cue sheet" for that video
3 - youtube would then send a file with the cue sheets to ASCAP and BMI
4 - youtube would then pay a fee to ASCAP or BMI just like every radio and TV station
in the world.
END of problem.
But no........the internet is somehow different and nobody has to pay and that's
why SOPA is trying to cut the shit off at the root. The internet has produced
arrogant jackasses that think the law doesn't apply to them so this is the result.
If people can't obey the current law then the government will make new law.
DUH!!!
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It's kind of backwards the way things work, at this low end of the spectrum. When someone is using music in a video, and not trying to turn a profit from it on a mass scale -- why does the copyright holder need a payment? If anything, they should be glad that their work has been seen by someone, and could send paying customers to their product.
It's kind of like the nonsense of having to pay for a TShirt that has a giant Nike logo on the front. Shouldn't they be paying me for wearing their logo all over the place?
But distributing copies of movies, games and music doesn't fall into this free advertising argument -- maybe it does to a certain degree -- but you have to look at it basically as taking away potential customers. That's what should be stopped, unless the artist CHOOSES to go that route, like Radiohead or Louie CK.