Thoughtpiece - Music Videos in the News

Looking at music videos and the Internet, how significant for the UK music industry is the story that YouTube blocked premium music videos from its UK users?

1 May 2009

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In March 2009, news broke that YouTube was blocking premium music videos from its UK users. This came after the failure of YouTube and PRS for Music to reach agreement over royalty payments made to songwriters, composers and publishers. But, outside of the media world and YouTube users, how big a story is this? And how significant is this for the UK music industry?

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