YouTube to pay British songwriters royalties

Incorporating recorded music in clips now legal


3 September 2007 8:30 GMT / By Stuart Miles

YouTube has agreed to pay British composers, songwriters and publishers for video clips shown on the video sharing website.

Announced at a press conference in London, the MCPS-PRS Alliance, which represents more than 10 million pieces of music by composers, songwriters and publishers said that users of YouTube could now incorporate recorded music legally into videos.

According to the FT, Google has agreed to pay a flat undisclosed monthly fee in exchange for licensing the library of music.

Artists, be it composers, songwriters and publishers will be paid based on an estimate of what music has been played on the site rather that actually what music has been played according to the report.
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