How Youtube gets heavy with uploading musicians
mainZoe Keating is an internet phenomenon, the most popular cellist on Twitter and a presence on all other social media.
Except, possibly, Youtube.
Staff at the Google-owned site are acting like rottweilers with musicians who want to maintain control of their video output.
Zoe has been spilling her story to Billboard. Read her perils here – and beware: there’s no such thing as a free ride.
If you, too, have been hassled by Youtube, please let us know.
Reading this article – even though it is highly sympathetic to Ms Keating – reveals a situation of great complexity. This isn’t just “YouTube screws musicians.” However, it’s pretty clear that many musicians will either get a raw deal or will find it extraordinarily hard to negotiate with YouTube. I had no idea this was a problem!
Just as musicians and publicists can link to a YouTube video, they can link to a video on their own site. It’s easier than ever now to create such a site and advertise accordingly. YouTube is becoming for the lazy.