YouTube Now Muting Copyrighted Audio
PrintIf you're trying to watch a YouTube video and can't get the sound to work, it could be by design. The Google-owned video sharing site has just implemented a new policy which won't remove a user's videos containing copyrighted audio, but it will mute the audio stream, allowing the offending video to play on sans sound.
The new policy comes as a result of YouTube's ongoing dispute with Warner Music Group. Last month, Warner forced YouTube to cut off access to videos containing copyrighted music, following a breakdown in talks over licensing agreements. The video sharing site appears to have found a workaround until those talks come to a conclusion.
"Music licensing can get very complicated, but we try to make your experience as simple as possible," YouTube wrote in a blog post. "We want you to have options when uploading videos with music in them. And if your video is subject to a copyright claim, you should have some choices too."
YouTube recommends that anyone whose videos have been flagged and muted to check out Audioswap, which is a library of pre-cleared music.
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Budgetperson
January 16, 2009 at 3:40pm
Yea but then I guess there are millions of programs that can download the Music Vids off of YouTube... which translates into free music :-/.
nekollx
January 16, 2009 at 4:02pm
but then there a dosens of sites peopel can upload their own music videos too, guess that means YouTube folds.
bjoswald
January 16, 2009 at 10:00am
Now this is just fucking stupid. Why not remove the videos completely, and set some kind of algorythm to block future vidoes of that nature? Keeping them cached (and stored) just wastes bandwidth and storage. Not only that, but it won't prevent people from adding them again later. Completely pointless.
dwr50
January 16, 2009 at 6:16am
at least on Youtube. It's all about money, people !
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K0BALT
January 15, 2009 at 10:25pm
That means we should have the right to have the music in any pop-up ads muted from the start.
QUINTIX256
January 15, 2009 at 2:15pm
I don't think the ability to listen to full length tracks without the artist recieving any revenue falls under fair use. But then again, I have been wanting to do a mashup of gameplay from Half-Life to Episode two to the tune of Ozzy's Crazy Train to poke fun Valve's train fettish.
There must be a simple means to get permission from a publisher to use a copyrighted work.
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cigar3tte
January 15, 2009 at 2:13pm
Wouldn't record companies want their songs heard more, as a form of advertisement? Hey, if I hear a good song on a YouTube video, I just might go find it and buy it. This is seriously getting ridiculous.
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nekollx
January 15, 2009 at 2:02pm
sounds to me like the Tap trument for YouTube.
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