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From what I read in the comments sections of a couple of articles there it looks like they are all blaming Youtube for them being taken down.
This goes back to what MichaelL has said about their system being automated. This is turning in to a dumpster fire for Google/Youtube and more fuel added daily.
Unfortunately, this business reminds me of law school…there’s the top 10% and the bottom 90%. As a result, there can be a feeding frenzy of composers who are desperate to try anything that promises to monetize their music. Under those circumstances, people sometimes do not make the wisest decisions. It’s like grocery shopping when you’re hungry.
Additionally, in the past year, and this is the biggest issue, we’ve seen several examples of companies that have unilaterally changed the terms of their contracts with composers. The attorney side of my brain find that questionable, if composers are not notice given adequate notice, AND the option to remove their cues.
There’s been a lot of mud-slinging about “greedy” publishers and libraries. Well, that is a two way street. Isn’t re-titling, which some people consider a shady practice, all about maximizing composer income?
When it’s need it’s not greed?To some degree, this is getting to be like derivatives on Wall Street, where everyone is looking for some new angle to squeeze every penny out of an abundant commodity.
Content ID works on the macro level…for the publisher that controls thousands of tracks. Then the pennies add up. On the micro level, which is where most composers are (unless you have 1,000 exclusive cues somewhere), the pennies are just that pennies.
At some point there will be a watershed, and this will sort itself out.