Small Recording Labels Say YouTube Dispute Is Fight For Money For Musicians

“Executives and advocates for the indies say they are vulnerable to strong-arm tactics by Internet giants like YouTube, which has recently threatened to block some labels’ videos unless they sign new licensing deals. Like the standoff between Amazon and the book publisher Hachette, the dispute has crystallized a fear that access to the online marketplace controlled by a few has become a privilege affordable only by the biggest and richest players.”

Top Posts From AJBlogs 06.24.14

“The Disruption Machine” and the Arts
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Aging, as in Fine Wine
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Koons: One Big Show In More Ways Than One
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What art does
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From Jeffrey Nytch: Entrepreneurial transformation (2)
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Wikipedia Has Been Ensnared By Bureaucracy

“Currently, the English Wikipedia has more than 50 official policies with a word count close to 150,000 (enough for a thick book). But that’s just the tip of the administrative iceberg. In addition to the policies, there are guidelines and essays—more than 450 devoted solely to proper conduct. You will also find more than 1,200 essays containing comments on the policies and guidelines, advisory notes, and analyses of the community.”