Looks like the animosity isn’t subsiding. UK Music, an umbrella representing a smorgasbord of industry bodies, has released a statement calling Google (NSDQ: GOOG) “cynical and exploitative”. The statement isn’t signed by UK Music CEO Feargal Sharkey - but, for anyone who has heard the ex Undertones’ frontman’s keynotes, it’s got his upfront, pro-artist imprimature all over it…

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Highlights of the statement: “Without this high quality raw material ... sites such as YouTube would be somewhat less compelling. Demands that our creative talent should subsidise someone else’s business model is as unreasonable as it is inappropriate. Licensing embryonic start-ups has brought significant challenges to all creative businesses. Google, however, qualifies as neither embryonic nor a start-up. In 2008 alone, the internet search giant recorded profits of over £3 billion. In this light, it is difficult but to interpret Google’s actions this week as anything other than cynical and exploitative.”