YouTube Music Content Takedown Continued

pregnantfridge writes "In the ongoing conflict between PRS for Music and YouTube over the takedown of all music related content in the UK, PRS for Music have created a new site, fairplayforcreators.com, exposing the views of the music writers impacted by the YouTube decision. I am not certain if these views have been editorially compromised, but by reading a few pages, it's clear to me that Music writers represented by PRS for Music are largely clueless about what the Internet and YouTube means to the music industry. Kind of explains why the music industry is in such a decline — and also why so much litigation takes place on the music writers' behalf."

Re:Difference of Opinion

[Daengbo]

I co-wrote 'Never Gonna Give You Up', which Rick Astley performed in the eighties, and which must have been played more than 100 million times on YouTube - owner Google. My PRS for Music income in the year ended September 2008 was £11.

-- Pete Waterman, songwriter - 24 March 2009

Why would you admit to writing what has been largely deemed the worst pop song in modern history? If that's the kind of music writers should be paid lots of money for, I'm glad the negotiations broke down.

Hah, this time I won't fall for this news!

[imrehg]

I co-wrote 'Never Gonna Give You Up', which Rick Astley performed in the eighties, and which must have been played more than 100 million times on YouTube

... this is just rickroll 2.0!!

What about the victims of their song writing?

[carlzum]

I co-wrote 'Never Gonna Give You Up', which Rick Astley performed in the eighties, and which must have been played more than 100 million times on YouTube - owner Google. My PRS for Music income in the year ended September 2008 was £11.

I've had that damn song forced upon my ears for most of my life. I deserve restitution, he owes me £11!

PRS HELL ON EARTH

[Anonymous Coward]

Utter rubbish

PRS AND ITS SUPPORTER BURN IN HADES

They nothing more than fascist common thieves.

Play radio the in your local independent garage well ?

Guess what yer goanna be sued, public performance.

Your children sing happy birthday at school , PRS no where's the money!

Your law enforcement guys what to listen to the radio they fine them too.

School kids raseing money by singing Christmas carols to give more unfortunate children a Christmas, Not till PRS takes there SHARE, they will fine you too.

But by worst is there new License that all places need to play music. So I now need a License to play my own guitar with my own material in my local pub. So in reality I need to pay IFPI,RIAA to play my own stuff when they have no rights top any of it.
See a trend here anybody.
PRS Screwing You Since 1941 there mission ? to send the human back to the warter were they came from.

YOUR NEXT

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[geekgirl2003]

I see the humor of your post, but I actually DID enjoy the "Never Gonna Give You Up" airplay on the Internet. As a matter of fact it's one of the catchiest tunes I've ever heard. I still can't believe Rick Astley is a white guy, though.

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[Zero__Kelvin]

Yes, but to be fair you were born in 2003, so you are like, what? ... Six and 1/2 ?

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[PopeRatzo]

(rumpshaker)

Hey! That's my tune, man. And don't be picking on VanIce. He made the world safe for Eminem.

Wait, no, I take that back.

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[onkelonkel]

"Shoot a man in the head and he won't want anything anymore."

That does sound kind of German, doesn't it?