Billboard is reporting this week that UMG (Universal Music Group) has pulled its artist's music videos from MTV.com, due to a breakdown in negotiations over licensing fees.
UMG has long licensed music directly to MTV but it now does all its direct licensing through Vevo, the joint venture site which includes Sony Music, YouTube and AT&T as stakeholders.
MTV's deal with UMG has now ... [ read the full article ]
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ALL RIGHT THIS REALLY HAS GONE LONG ENOUGH! First WMG with youtube after not seeking negotiation with what they want they either mute, remove or Auto Remove or all the above on Youtube. Even with new negotiation WMG still removes videos on youtube..when I thought things on this couldn't get worse it does but to MTVO_O. A company who even has full authority to post Music Videos on their site and their TV Channel but to remove UMG content only on their Internet Channel?
And to always makes things worse the opposing side UMG in this case always goes probably to the likes of "Oh MTV has failed to negotiate what we desire so were ending our contract and pulling our videos down from their servers"
ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT! The Media Companies practically has full powers to either fully disable a website or remove"Their content" even when its legitimate purposes remove an Artists work and claim it as their own and yes I know this is also a VH1 issue but it annoys me the Media Companies when ever they have a child fit when they don't get something THEY GO ON A REMOVING RAMPAGE even on LEGAL SITES.
With all the crap we the regular users on False DMCA claims you'd think we'd and the Legal Sites get's a break BUT NO we don't...
hey tristan heres your break buddy "just down load what you want" you keep playing there game going on legal sights paying for every piece of media its never gona change or get better
mtv along with radio stations should dump them completely the amount of publicity they get from airplay is what funds them, no airplay = no publicity = no money theyll be screaming for any deal possible in no time
Very few people ever buy music videos unless they are included as a CD-extra on a CD...and then they usually don't even know it is there. The whole point of music videos is proliferation; ideally, a music video should work like a viral video...spreading itself to all corners of the net without the need to invest resources doing it all yourself.
I see only three possible reasons for their actions...
1.) Loose enough money to get a government bailout. (they are the largest record company on earth; by Obama standards, that is "Too Big To Fail")
2.) Crash the stock price, buy up lots of shares (AKA insider trading)
3.) Give some relaxation time to their staff; they spend too much time writing contracts for new artists...or at least they did back when new artists were still willing to sign with them.
I sure hope that UMG goes away...but I doubt it is going to happen any time soon. They have a lot of cash on hand...and they can afford to make a lot of mistakes.
