Thanks to Dennis Wharton at the NAB for sharing this article written by music industry executive Iving Azoff in recode. Azoff slammed YouTube for its double-speak on how the company values music, yet pays artists a pittance of what they should be paid.
Azoff says YouTube is hiding behind the “outdated Digital Millennium Copyright Act,” and gives artists no real control of their own music on the site. He then gave YouTube a little advice about how they could improve their relationship with artists by working as radio does, to benefit all parties involved. Here’s what he had to say.
“If you want YouTube to be compared to terrestrial radio, then you have to be a good partner to artists like radio is. Radio works with artists so they can present music to their fans in the way they intended. Radio does not provide unlimited, on-demand access to music which can be shared. Radio doesn’t leak music, and it doesn’t make unfinished or poor-quality live recordings available. It’s about creative control.”
Read the full recode article HERE.
