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Break yo'self fool!
Ultra Records and it's publishing department are suing You Tube personality Michelle Phan over copyright infringement. She has allegedly used 50 different songs of the labels discography for her You Tube videos and is apparently making a very lucrative career off the back of You Tube.
Ultra Records are looking for compensation of £88k($150k) for each proven copyright infringement.
What are your thoughts on this?
Personally, I think it's pretty greedy on the labels part. According to the BBC article, one of the artists (Kaskade) was in disbelief by the developments. It seems it's not even the artists that are seeking compensation.
Is this another story of record labels taking advantage of their rights? I believe so. These aren't even "struggling" artists. I'd feel deprived of a lot of money if it was me, today, now. But on the whole, I don't believe I would be annoyed or seeking compensation from the You Tuber. Instead more annoyed that I hadn't monetised a stream properly, and allowed You Tubers to have used my labels body of work before.
Have Ultra not heard of You Tubes content ID system? Did they know they can share the ad revenue from the You Tuber? Seems like they are seeking compensation for something they forgot to do and now can't get You Tube to pay the share since it's so late. Most labels seems to be adopting the strategy of either not allowing their catalogue of music to be on You Tube, OR monetizing any videos that the music is in.
Interesting story anyhow. Let me know what you guys think...
And here's the link: BBC News - YouTube star Michelle Phan sued over copyright breach
Ultra Records are looking for compensation of £88k($150k) for each proven copyright infringement.
What are your thoughts on this?
Personally, I think it's pretty greedy on the labels part. According to the BBC article, one of the artists (Kaskade) was in disbelief by the developments. It seems it's not even the artists that are seeking compensation.
Is this another story of record labels taking advantage of their rights? I believe so. These aren't even "struggling" artists. I'd feel deprived of a lot of money if it was me, today, now. But on the whole, I don't believe I would be annoyed or seeking compensation from the You Tuber. Instead more annoyed that I hadn't monetised a stream properly, and allowed You Tubers to have used my labels body of work before.
Have Ultra not heard of You Tubes content ID system? Did they know they can share the ad revenue from the You Tuber? Seems like they are seeking compensation for something they forgot to do and now can't get You Tube to pay the share since it's so late. Most labels seems to be adopting the strategy of either not allowing their catalogue of music to be on You Tube, OR monetizing any videos that the music is in.
Interesting story anyhow. Let me know what you guys think...
And here's the link: BBC News - YouTube star Michelle Phan sued over copyright breach