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EMI, YouTube Strike Music Video Deal

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the ebony-and-ivory dept.

eldavojohn writes "Despite initial complaints of copyright infringement, EMI is now striking a deal with YouTube. Perhaps they've noticed that Warner's deal has boded well or they've finally come around to free marketing? From the article, "EMI and YouTube have agreed to work together to develop ways in which EMI-owned recordings can be incorporated into user generated content by YouTube users. News of the deal comes just 10 days after EMI agreed to be taken over by private equity group Terra Firma for £2.4bn." YouTube is slowly building a cadre of friends on the playground while Viacom continues to bully the new kid."

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  1. That's hardly fair by TodMinuit · · Score: 0, Troll

    YouTube is slowing building a cadre of friends on the playground while Viacom continues to bully the new kid.
    That's hardly a fare statement. It's more like you either do business with YouTube or... nothing. They're untouchable, even though they are violating copyright law on such a large scale.
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  2. Re:Bullying the new kid? by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Troll
    "how much they paid for EMI and then compared that to the market value of google"

    big fucking deal? that has no bearing on my comment about google being a jnr burger compared to other older media companys

    "Viacom most probably doesn't want to agree with google because it wants to compete with google in the long run, not only in video distribution but likely in search as well as a web destination portal."

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... wait a minute... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    1998 called they want their "web portal" idea back!

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