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There are alternatives out there and people should be aware of them. I'm from MUZU.TV. Artists are starting to come out supporting the PRS. Whilst the rates need to be economical, threats and removing videos doesn't solve the problem. Check the site out:

http://wwww.muzu.tv

We are fully licensed by the PRS where everyone gets paid, band, label and songwriters… Thousands of music videos on there and it’ free to watch create and share music video playlists.

I agree with mrfuturistic
Check it out.

Enjoy..

The artists need to have a say in this matter.

Gah! Spotify is better quality anyway.

A compulsory internet licence is in order. This should be preceeded by a proper debate on all the issues and should be similar to the licence radio stations pay. There should not be a chance of doing direct deals and this should be paid to everyone involved. The problem with Youtube is that most of it is illegal content which in a sense Youtube cannot control. The only reason why Youtube exists is because rights holders have not created an alternative and this is where govt should step in and create a compulsory licence whereby any website can publish any content as long as they pay the appropriate fees.

"if the musicians were to strike a deal with YouTube themselves I think we will find an incredibly satisfied industry"

Anyone remember the days when the US used to pay mechanical rights? Then someone had the bright idea of introducing direct licensing. I now get more rights from Poland than I do the US. Direct deals are usually a very, very bad idea.

I have just written a blog on this topic.  I am astonished that artists have not been consulted themselves.  The launch of the Featured Artists Association should have organisations such as EMI watching their backs.  YouTube is not capitlising at the expense of the artists, in fact if the musicians were to strike a deal with YouTube themselves I think we will find an incredibly satisfied industry, consumers included.

We at EMI Music Pub have a maxim that there is an intrinsic value to music. In representing our songwriters and composers we pay serious attention to this. The minima sought by the PRS/other rights licensors is reflective of the above maxim and compensates us/our writers in circumstances where others put up songs for free or at de minimis rates. To buy You Tube, Google were prepared to pay a lot of money.That value was attributable in large part to the use of songs and recordings. It is not open to those who benefit so substantially at one end of the value chain to deny fair compensation to songwriters/artists and their publishers/record companies at the other end without whose songs/ recordings their business would in large part not exist.