Apple threatens to remove music if bands don’t agree to new royalty policy

Re:Apple threatens to remove music if bands don’t agree to n... by plorkyeran on Thursday June 18, 2015 @12:30PM (#9739714)

Youtube pays royalties from their advertising revenue these days, and Google is shocking good at making money from advertising.

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Re:Apple threatens to remove music if bands don’t agree to n... by ghshephard on Thursday June 18, 2015 @01:51PM (#9740422)

I'll take your word for it - I don't recall a single advertisement, and I was listening as closely as I could for one. Not to say they didn't happen, but they weren't anywhere near as annoying as the spotify/pandora ones are.

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Re:Apple threatens to remove music if bands don’t agree to n... by vijayr on Thursday June 18, 2015 @02:54PM (#9740838)

Maybe the parent is talking about banner ads on the video and not video ads?

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Re:Apple threatens to remove music if bands don’t agree to n... by ghshephard on Thursday June 18, 2015 @11:38PM (#9742896)

Which brings us right back to the beginning - today, on youtube, you can for all intents and purposes stream whatever music you want, on demand (i.e. Not Internet Radio), for free with limited to no interruptions with Youtube.

Is it just the case that nobody knows this, so it's not a big deal, but everyone is going to know about Apple Music?

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