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| YouTube ordered to pay more for music by Europe | |
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| Video sites such as YouTube will be forced to pay more to musicians and record companies under plans to reform European copyright laws. | Video sites such as YouTube will be forced to pay more to musicians and record companies under plans to reform European copyright laws. |
| The draft directive will also require publishers and producers to tell performers or authors what profits their works have generated. | The draft directive will also require publishers and producers to tell performers or authors what profits their works have generated. |
| The music industry has long criticised YouTube for failing to pay enough for content such as music. | The music industry has long criticised YouTube for failing to pay enough for content such as music. |
| News publishers will also be recognised as rights holders for the first time. | News publishers will also be recognised as rights holders for the first time. |
| The body which represents the British music industry said this week that YouTube was still not paying artists enough for their music. | The body which represents the British music industry said this week that YouTube was still not paying artists enough for their music. |
| UK Music said the Google-owned site was "yet to deliver fair financial returns for rights owners and creators, artists, composers, songwriters and publishers". | UK Music said the Google-owned site was "yet to deliver fair financial returns for rights owners and creators, artists, composers, songwriters and publishers". |
| The band Two Door Cinema Club said: "I don't think things at the minute are fair. YouTube don't pay a fair royalty." | The band Two Door Cinema Club said: "I don't think things at the minute are fair. YouTube don't pay a fair royalty." |
| In April Motley Crue co-founder Nikki Sixx launched a campaign to get Google to pay artists more. | In April Motley Crue co-founder Nikki Sixx launched a campaign to get Google to pay artists more. |
| YouTube, which carries videos as well as audio-only content, makes money by selling advertising and then divides profits among rights owners. | YouTube, which carries videos as well as audio-only content, makes money by selling advertising and then divides profits among rights owners. |
| Its business model differs from music streaming sites such as Spotify and Apple Music, which pay record companies a small sum each time a song is played. | Its business model differs from music streaming sites such as Spotify and Apple Music, which pay record companies a small sum each time a song is played. |