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YouTube & PRS at Loggerheads
Spreading like wildfire through Twitter and the social web yesterday were rumours, then confirmation, that YouTube and the Performing Rights Society (PRS), who collect money on behalf of record labels and artists whenever their music is played, had fallen out over licensing negotiations.
The dispute further highlights how traditional national bodies are finding it increasingly difficult to operate in the global village of the Internet, which has had a particularly profound impact on the way we ‘consume’ music in the last decade. Understandably each of these regional organisations don’t want to miss out on their slice of the pie, but bizarrely seem intent on destroying the very thing they are trying to embrace engulf at every turn. Read the rest of this entry »
YouTube Symphony Orchestra
This has completely slipped me by (until now), but Youtube are in the process of putting together the world’s first virtual symphony.
The deal is simple, download the music, practise (there’s even a condctor for you to rehearse with ;)), then upload a video of you performing.
The best will be invited to perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall in April 2009.
The music is compose by Tan Dun (of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon fame) and you can see a video of the pro’s (London Symphony Orchestra) performing the piece in October below.
Quite a cool little project, it’ll be interesting to see how it goes!
More at youtube.com/symphony
