There's been an awful lot of coverage of the news that YouTube is taking down a whole load of "premium" pop promo videos from its UK service in response to the Performing Rights Society's demand for higher rates of compensation. Depending on one's standpoint it's either all about the UK recording/publishing industry greed/short-sightedness/desperation (delete as appropriate) or its quite correct defense of artists' rights.

It could also, quite plausibly, be about the fact that YouTube still can't find a way of making any money from streaming such things.

Anyway, over the course of the day we've tracked the story on The Register, The Guardian, Hypebot and the BBC among others. Make your own mind up.
Simon

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