YouTube Cuts Audio from UK Music Videos

youtube YouTube Cuts Audio from UK Music VideosYouTube will be silencing all audio on music videos from the UK, after Google failed to reach an agreement with the UK Performing Right Society for Music. You said today as part of a statement, “Our previous license from PRS for Music has expired, and we’ve been unable so far to come to an agreement to renew it on terms that are economically sustainable for us,” YouTube also said, “PRS is now asking us to pay many, many times more for our license than before.”

The UK PRS for Music says it is outraged Google has chosen to remove the audio and said Google earns billions and yet refuses to pay a fair amount for the licensing. Music streaming service Pandora also recently pulled out of the UK because of similar problems. A deal seems unlikely now after months of negotiations.


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