PRS Cave, YouTube Lift Ban on Music Videos in the U.K.
In March YouTube banned thousands of music videos in the U.K. after a dispute over licensing fees with PRS for Music. It took 6 months but it looks like PRS have given in and music videos will return to YouTube in the next couple of days.
Instead of a per-stream fee, YouTube will pay PRS for Music a lump sum backdated to January and lasting until 2010. The sum of money has not been disclosed.
PRS seem to be happy with the new deal. A spokeswoman for the Performing Rights Society told BBC News; “it is a lump sum deal which seems to work for YouTube’s business model and offers recompense for our 60,000 members. We can be friends again.”
YouTube’s director of video partnerships, Patrick Walker, said “Both sides feel comfortable the arrangement reached will benefit those involved.
“The music videos are an extremely popular part of YouTube and this deal doesn’t only cover the music videos but also music included in TV programmes like The X Factor and also for the inclusion of music in user videos as well.”
YouTube have said that “The videos which had been removed will come back over the next few days.”
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