German Music Publishers Demand YouTube Royalties
The German Society for Musical Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights (GEMA) is demanding royalties from YouTube. GEMA told the popular video service that it should delete all videos with non-licensed German music, or pay. GEMA says it is currently holding talks with YouTube about possible arrangements. GEMA didn’t want to wait until the takeover of YouTube by Google was finalised with 70,000 new videos every day, there...
Microsoft Makes Desperate Licensing Deal With Universal With Big Implications
Drastic Move By Microsoft May Change Portable Player Paradigm In a move reeking of desperation, Microsoft revealed that it has agreed to pay a percentage of the sales of its new Zune portable media player to the Universal Music Group. Universal Music, a unit of Vivendi, will receive a royalty on the Zune player in exchange for licensing its recordings for Microsoft’s new digital music service, the companies said. Universal disclosed...
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