at some point they will have perfect control of the curation of the platform, so other people will want that for their own interests and have legal means to fight for it

I actually had a correspondence with 'CD Baby', a sync license company, on this matter.

their music bot is terrible then

I was wanting to use a song by Shawn James for a project

because i know the stuff i listen to isint public archive

those bots will get better

I asked them about getting a license to use it. One of the things they told me was that I could just use their music

but the music would be tagged automatically

and the money from that video would go directly to them instead of to me

and the fight between transformitive media and lawyers who dont give a shit will never end

so the bots getting more accurate isint a good thing in my opinion

hell, right now I'm working on licenses with BMI, ASCAP, and SESAC for my radio station

The interesting thing is

not in the american context atleast

all of these holding companies operate a little differently.

It's a nightmare when it comes to reporting, believe me...

But yeah

interesting thing... if you go on to Youtube

watch for a couple of things. 'Vevo' accounts are official music on Youtube.

As well as '[Band name] - Topic' pages.

the Topic pages are usually CD-baby.

I haven't looked in to it, but I think VEVO is associated with Harry Fox Agency.

mmm, maybe not

but yeah...

Ah

Vevo is owned in part by Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Abu Dhabi Media, Alphabet Inc., and Warner Music Group.

Bypasses HFA and CDB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNDoWkG1FDs But yeah, here's an example of a CDBaby provision.

They generally upload stuff like that to get a sample within Google's system, so as to protect their copyright

but the system's not perfect, and care has to be taken to prevent the artist from getting strikes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUw2k6ioZwo

theres also wiki pages

Or authorized performances to be struck down as well https://youtu.be/KM8YGrV-sTA?t=29s

(Also, that last performance is great if you actually listen and like the song. Sage Cornelius is a monster on fiddle...)

Uhh... so in the 4 or 5 years I've owned my PC, I've never looked directly at the front of it...

Until yesterday...

...uhh... yeah...

the hell march needs to start playing

...I wonder if anyone from CyberPower noticed this when they were putting the thing together...

Really gets the gnoggin' joggin'.