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		benched on Sept 28, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Record Label Picks Copyright Fight With The Wrong ... According to the article, YouTube detects copyrighted songs and pays labels a cut of ad money. Every song ever recorded exists as at least one YouTube video. It doesn't seem like YouTube is playing whack-a-mole with all these songs anymore, the way it used to a few years ago. Does this mean YouTube is now a normalized source of income for all record companies?

aroch on Sept 28, 2013 [–]

If you read the article again you'll note that companies can opt to get paid part of the ad revenue. If a company hasn't opted to, it's whackamole

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