YouTube is about to become useless.

MPmike10010100.bsky.socialSep 28, 2024 11:18pm

Update: this seems to be due to Google and SESAC failing to reach a deal, this is a huge blow to YouTube Music/YouTube x.com/TeamYouTube/...

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Songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, Many More Blocked by YouTube in Legal Dispute

Songs by Bob Dylan, Adele, Green Day, Burna Boy and many others are unplayable on YouTube due to a legal dispute between the platform and SESAC.

youtube will give

Man sure seems like all that pesky creative art and music is pretty valuable to a platform

i will forever be thankful i chose to die on the hill of refusing music streaming services

It's time for a story: nearly 10 years ago i uploaded a silly video of me playing War Thunder in arcade mode. The airfields had an siren that sounded if enemy planes were close. The video got copyright claimed for that specific sound because some song used it too. Attempt to appeal the claim failed.

Whatever, I live in Brazil now

And this is precisely why people

Ahoy matey! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

It has happened very quickly. Sorry I no longer have my 300 + CD collection. I have to look around my sons media site but will probably be forced back to subscription service.

Oh noo, we pay for premium specifically for music streaming