Getting Youtube's 'permission' is way easier and way faster than securing the same thing through old media companies.
> actually I think this really means that the media company profits by the work of the artist more than the artist does.
Can anyone really tell though, since the accounting methods of both Hollywood and the music industry is really shady where the numbers are just not available for anyone or even the artists themselves. With silicon valley this is a lot more transparent.
There's another blog post I can't find about an artist not being able to get access to the exact sales of his music online from his record company, which didn't make sense to him since pretty much every online music servic make it available.
Getting Youtube's 'permission' is way easier and way faster than securing the same thing through old media companies.
> actually I think this really means that the media company profits by the work of the artist more than the artist does.
Can anyone really tell though, since the accounting methods of both Hollywood and the music industry is really shady where the numbers are just not available for anyone or even the artists themselves. With silicon valley this is a lot more transparent.