Warner Music Group is Anti-Music Fan

In this video blog, I discuss the utter stupidity of Warner Music Group's approach to getting videos containing their artists' music pulled from YouTube and Google Video. Rather than embracing change and finding a way to make it work for them, Warner Music Group, and many others in the recording industry, are doing everything in their power to resist it, and are alienating many long time music fans in the process. This started years ago with the RIAA and their move to stop Napster. The latest in this progression is the move by WMG and other labels to get videos deleted off of YouTube and Google Video for even including a small clip of copyrighted music.

You'd think the industry as a whole would have taken notice of Radiohead's success with the non-traditional marketing and distribution of In Rainbows, but no. The dinosaurs are still too busy fighting against change to stop long enough to consider how to make it actually work for them. The internet isn't going away, fellas. Time to adapt or become extinct.

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(When I say "this year," in the video regarding my hike, I am referring to my most recent Piestewa Peak hike, last December.)

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[bwd1963]

i had my daughters wedding sound muted by them just sad and not sure were the infringement was unless it was songs played during the wedding itself...tooo sad i dont think the artist think it was bad to use it do you/

[silverladderdotcom]

@bwd1963 It actually was likely because of songs at the event which ended up in the background of your video. Crazy, isn't it? There was a case on here that made the news where a person's video of their toddler was deleted because in the video a song was playing on a stereo in the room next to where the video was shot. YouTube's database recognized the audio as a song whose owning record label didn't want it posted on here, and therefore deleted the whole vid.

[BillyCauseyjr]

I thought that anything under 50 seconds is protected from copyright.

[silverladderdotcom]

@BillyCauseyjr I thought so too. Try telling that to Warner Music.

[Legmaco]

This is a wonderful video, thank you.

[ThisWyatt]

Warner music has been taking this too far. Thank you for making this video silverladderdotcom

[silverladderdotcom]

@94weisse You are correct in both your take on why "In Rainbows" worked for Radiohead and your opinion on why such a business model wouldn't work for a less-established musical act.

I don't think the problem in the music industry is the bands/artists, nor is it the fans. I think the problem is the labels, and the refusal by many of them to adapt and change.

[silverladderdotcom]

@94weisse "In Rainbows" was a rousing success for Radiohead. Then again, they were well established enough at the time that they could afford to attempt it. But it endeared them even further to fans. Many bands say, "You'll give us $15 for this CD" and many music fans say, "No, I'll download it somewhere for free." Radiohead said we could have "In Rainbows" for free and it got the reaction of people saying, "No, I'll pay you for it. You've earned it."

[justanotherfreak2008]

Super video! So true! IDIOTS FROM WMG AND SONY!

[spartan688082]

They're bastards. Thumbs up on this comment if you agree to never pay for another album unless it comes from a legitimate label that doesn't sue its artists' fans

[Dark6Metal6inside6]

FUCKING FUCK WMG

AND UMG

AND SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

[Nomadxx11B]

One thing is for sure I will make sure to never buy music from a WMG artist, no matter how much I like that artist.

[TheGreatDeciever55]

Its funny how the very industry that promises that all they want is to provide the public with music------holds their artists music hostage for a 15 dollar a CD ransom.

somethings not right with that...

By the way, i Hear LOTS of new artists on youtube, then i buy their music---otherwise i would never know they existed