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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.

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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?

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