Stefan Mileschin

Threatens to go all Viking

YouTube is having a public spat with songwriters and music publishers in Denmark and is threatening to ban Danish music from the video site.

As you might expect, this is due to one of those music industry organisations who are trying to squeeze royalities from the US tech giant.

Koda insists that songwriters and publishers in the market get considerably more cash for video performances than Youtube wants to pay. YouTube and Koda's last multi-year licensing deal expired in April. Since then, the two parties have been operating under a temporary license agreement... In a statement to media last Friday ), Koda claimed YouTube is insisting that — in order to extend its temporary deal in Denmark — Koda must now agree to a near 70 percent reduction in payments to composers and songwriters.

https://fudzilla.com/news/51278-yout...n-danish-music