As we noted yesterday, the blogosphere echo-chamber convinced itself that the RIAA is sending take-down notices to YouTubers who lip-synch their favorite songs. Now, as tracked by Technorati, the second most popular blog -- Boing Boing -- is piling on.
Is the RIAA's credibility so low that they get dinged for excessive measures even when they only think about them? And, why wouldn't the RIAA jump at the opportunity to shine some truth on this?
Probably because their member companies are divided on how to actually deal with YouTube and other video sites right now. We noted the Matador video contest in yesterday's post. Today's LA Times has a timely editorial on this very issue and gives this friendly homily (excerpt after jump):
At issue are sites such as YouTube.com that enable users to upload and watch thousands of videos, many of which use copyrighted songs. But labels and songwriters aren't collecting the royalties they're due. The situation recalls the early days of Napster's pioneering song-swapping network, which enabled users to download songs for free from one another's computers. Rather than siccing a phalanx of lawyers onto YouTube and its users, as they did with Napster, some labels and songwriters are looking for a way to turn online video into a profit center....
...In an enlightened move, Warner Music Group is taking the same approach to videos created by fans. Technically, labels and music publishers can sue the creators of these videos for unauthorized use of songs in their miniature movies, and some executives want to do just that. But that's overlooking the benefit of the homemade videos, which amount to quirky (and free) advertising.
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