With something like YouTube’s content ID program, licensing and takedown requests are sides of the same coin. Infringement is unmet demand. YouTube’s licensing program enables demand to be met.
An Open Notebook
With something like YouTube’s content ID program, licensing and takedown requests are sides of the same coin. Infringement is unmet demand. YouTube’s licensing program enables demand to be met.
Youtube’s system brings licensing closer to the current century. If we had a less lobbyist-driven government, my belief is that there would be a mandatory licensing royalty scheme on affordable terms for recordings by now, much as there is for sheet music.