thought you'd all be interested in this - just saw it a few minutes ago myself.
the tl;dr of it is that shit's fucked. youtube (google, i believe?) are doing their best job to alienate independent musicians and make themselves look like a bunch of money grabbing pricks.
job well done.
if this goes ahead (which it seems like it definitely is going to) i can imagine that youtube is two shakes of a lamb's tail away from becoming a much, much less interesting website. also a much less popular one.
fuck em. disgusting.
http://www.punknews.org/article/55131/youtube-will-block-indie-artists-who-dont-join-paid-streaming-service
the tl;dr of it is that shit's fucked. youtube (google, i believe?) are doing their best job to alienate independent musicians and make themselves look like a bunch of money grabbing pricks.
job well done.
if this goes ahead (which it seems like it definitely is going to) i can imagine that youtube is two shakes of a lamb's tail away from becoming a much, much less interesting website. also a much less popular one.
fuck em. disgusting.
http://www.punknews.org/article/55131/youtube-will-block-indie-artists-who-dont-join-paid-streaming-service