http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8234125.stm
For the past 6 months or so, music pikeys have been forced to use tools such as Limewire and Kazaa to get their “free” music fix rather than copying the songs using sites such as www.youtubetomp3.net.
This was due to YouTube attempting to take off any songs from their site which would result in the artists demanding royalties.
A deal has now been struck that will pay artists royalties for having their songs played on YouTube, I assume it is calculated by the number of hits their song gets.
I personally think this is an excellent deal that has been struck up. Despite artists often consenting for their songs to be put on YouTube, they realise that no money can be made from this method of allowing their fans to listen to their music.
As a result of royalties being paid out, even if these music pikeys continue to use software that downloads the music for free from YouTube, at least smaller, struggling artists will receive a little money for their work.
Could this be the start of me condoning behaviour of downloading music this way? Probably not.
