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GEMA wins against YouTube In Germany on “Blocking Screens” | Media Biz

A German court found that YouTube has to stop misleading the public by blocking certain content and publicly shaming GEMA for it (the German association of composers, lyricists and music publishers.) A first step in the right direction.

Heker referred to the decision as “an important and positive signal to the music authors,” because: “It is not the GEMA, which prevents music on the internet you only want to license YouTube, like all other music portals..” Heker sweeps out: “Our concern is that the authors participate in the economic exploitation of their works and can earn their livelihood in the future.”

READ THE FULL POST MEDIA BIZ (GERMAN):
http://www.mediabiz.de/musik/news/gema-feiert-im-streit-um-sperrtafeln-erfolg-gegen-youtube/344107?Nnr=344107&NL=MWBlitz&uid=8514

IN ENGLISH VIA GOOGLE TRANSLATE:
http://bit.ly/1gzOCkT

The Trichordist Random Reader News and Links Sun Apr 22

Grab the Coffee!

Here’s some interesting stories and links we discovered or were sent during the week. These may not be stories OF the week, as we share them as we find them.

German Court Rules Against YouTube in Copyright Case:
http://news.yahoo.com/german-court-rules-against-youtube-copyright-suit-115708414–sector.html

Supporting Copyright Is Not The Same as Opposing Free Speech:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/apr/19/copyright-freedom-speech

Rapidshare Writes Four Page Anti-Piracy Manifesto:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/20/rapidshare_stop_piracy/

Interesting interview Between Ben Watt of Everything But The Girl and Journalist/Author Robert Levine:
http://www.buzzinfly.com/index-robert-levine-interviewed-by-ben-watt.html

Musician / Composer Mark Isham Launches ibuymymusic.org
http://ibuymymusic.org/I_Buy_My_Music_Dot_Org/Home.html

TechDirt Goes on the Defensive after Gearslutz thread asks, “Why does TechDirt hate musicians”:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120415/02354118491/difference-between-nuanced-discussion-evil-underbelly-internet-is-apparently-fine-line-indeed.shtml
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-business/719114-why-does-techdirt-hate-musicians.html

The Chicago Reader Picked up On David Lowery’s “New Boss, Worse Than Old Boss” as posted at TheTrichordist.
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/04/17/the-good-old-bad-old-days

Another shout out to TheTrichordist, this time from The Cynical Musician:
http://thecynicalmusician.com/2012/04/recommended-reading-the-trichordist/