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"Don't be Evil"? Google's YouTube screws over indie artists
Jyakt:
Wow, what straight jackbooted e-thuggery. That's crazy, viral videos and stuff literally put artists like OK Go on the map. Brutal
chaospersonified:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 20 Jun 2014, 16:00 ---This reminds me of when Trent Reznor told a bunch of Australian fans to just pirate his new record since it was nearly twice the price of the mass-produced pop shite that was out at the time.
--- End quote ---
Never much cared for NiN's music, but Trent Rezner is fucking awesome.
I'm pissed off about this. Youtube's given independent artists a platform to be heard from. Lke Jaykt has pointed out, OK GO would be nothing like the phenomenon they've become if they'd been kept from uploading that treadmill video, and who knows how many amazing bands would be kicked off of youtube!
When I find a new band, Youtube is my first destination to hear specific tracks. My internet is too bad for vimeo, and the way Spotify pays the artists is complete horseshit. They're gonna have problems when they try to roll this out.
Stoon:
Actually, Google dropped the motto "Don't be evil" in 2009 because, you know, their evil.
http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2009/04/google_quietly.php
chaospersonified:
--- Quote from: Stoon on 22 Mar 2015, 19:47 ---Actually, Google dropped the motto "Don't be evil" in 2009 because, you know, their evil.
http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2009/04/google_quietly.php
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Well shit. There goes the world.
Active Madness:
Was that before or after they started buying up DARPA contractors?
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