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Old 03-11-2013, 12:56 AM  
kane
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Originally Posted by Matt 26z View Post
YouTube has a liscense that allows their users to upload songs of just about every major band. They might be getting liscenses for some movies now also.
They also have a deal where if they find someone has uploaded something using a band's song they contact the band. If the band wants it taken down they take it down. If not they keep it up and the band can get the revenue from that video. the article I read talked about that Gangnam Style guy and how there were thousands of people doing dance videos with his song and he was getting paid from all of them.
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