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YouTube’s ‘New’ Terms Still Fleece Musicians

July 19, 2006 /

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Musicians such as Billy Bragg have been complaining about networking/music site MySpace’s terms of use – and rightfully so. MySpace is said to be changing its tune, and should be posting updated terms soon (currently, its About page is offline).

The video site YouTube constitutes an equal or larger threat to small content producers. Before you upload that video of your 19-person indie rocker reggae band, for instance, you may want to read the fine print. YouTube’s "new" Terms & Conditions allow them to sell whatever you uploaded however they want:

Full Story: http://blog.wired.com/music/#1523392

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