YouTube has started to remove the music in videos that uses copyrighted songs. Many users are unhappy with this decision.
The RIAA has been on a crusade against using music without copyright permission. You can see a number of articles in Digital Journal
here. Viacom is also in an
ongoing lawsuit regarding copyrighted videos.
Since then, YouTube has been taking a variety of measures to take down copyrighted content. And today many users have noticed that some YouTube videos have no sounds -- it appears YouTube has removed the copyrighted music from some videos.
You can see one example
here. When you visit the YouTube site, it posts a message below the offending video:
“This video contains an audio track that has not been authorized by all copyright holders. The audio has been disabled.”
Mashable.com
There is no music in some videos.
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reports that a bulk of YouTube videos will be affected because of this decision. Many fan-made videos, spoofs and remixes will be affected and will be worthless to watch without the music.
Many users are complaining and say this will be the end of YouTube and say this is time to switch to another website. I disagree with them; other sites will also be affected similarly. If YouTube allows such videos with illegal songs, they will be the one to pay a huge price and will cost them millions in damages to RIAA, Viacom and others.
TechCrunch blames it on the music industry.
Is YouTube at fault to mute videos with copyrighted music?
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