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Re:HipHop: A "Popcorn Time" for music by 1stop on Thursday June 05, 2014 @07:54AM (#7851396)
> First of all YouTube content is monotised by video ads

None of that money goes to the artist... that goes to google... So you are okay with someone else making money of the free labour of artists, but not someone NOT making money of the free labour of artists. Interesting position.

> Nobody has the right to decide that something someone else has spent time and money creating should be available for free without the creators having a say.

The creator does have a say. They can not release the content, they can DMCA the youtube videos, etc etc.

Who decided that you should pay for culture? Who has the right to decide such thing? If society disagrees with that decision is that not another "piece of culture" ?

Re:HipHop: A "Popcorn Time" for music by bsilvereagle on Thursday June 05, 2014 @08:13AM (#7851464)
> None of that money goes to the artist... that goes to google...

Youtube uses an ad-revenue sharing program. So video creators/uploaders do get a share of money from the ad, even if it is marginal.

Re:HipHop: A "Popcorn Time" for music by 1stop on Friday June 06, 2014 @04:43AM (#7856824)
A tiny fraction sure. But google make a lot more.

So your real issue is with the YouTube API for not supplying ads with content?