YouTube pulls songs from Adele, Nirvana, and others due to SESAC dispute

https://www.theverge.com/24257157/youtube-sesac-music-licensing-streaming

5 Comments

  1. Complainer_Official on

    Oh cool, as an American I can’t listen to an American band on an American platform because of a dispute with the English about money.

  2. Jumping-Gazelle on

    On the one hand: *”SESAC lists many big-name artists in its portfolio. In 2017, it was acquired by the private equity firm Blackstone.”*
    On the other hand: Some of the “big name artists” won’t be missed.

  3. Dots-on-the-Sky on

    Blocking ad blockers, showing ads when video is paused, raising premium subscrption prices, content getting pulled from the platform. Reading about YouTube is getting entertaining. I wonder what’s going to happen in the next episode of the Youtube saga.

  4. Interesting… I had always assumed labels just got the standard video monetization rates everybody else did. Didn’t know they had special deals.

  5. I was looking for a particular song when it happened. The thing that was odd about it is SESAC didn’t go after just the artist’s song. They went after any cover of the song as well. Reaction videos are still in place but not covers.