Supersonic 49,376 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 27 minutes ago, kvnrp said: Google doesn't want to pay the GEMA the (insane) amount of money they want for each video that contains music (), so the GEMA basically says: "You can't have any music unless you pay us". And that means about 99% of videos that contain any sort of copyrighted music is blocked, even if it's barely to hear in the background. They can't even agree in court and it's going on since 2009 I think. The GEMA is there to pay the artists each time their music is used somewhere. Which makes sense of course, but they charge way too much money everywhere, not just on YouTube. I am still surprised we have Spotify around here I think two years ago there specific YouTube channels like DigsterPop came up that have special arrangments with the GEMA that upload blocked music videos. I tried to watch one with my Swiss friend on watch2gether but she said it was blocked for her, so I assume the official DigsterPop videos are only available for German IPs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvnrp 48,353 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 2 minutes ago, Supersonic said: I think two years ago there specific YouTube channels like DigsterPop came up that have special arrangments with the GEMA that upload blocked music videos. I tried to watch one with my Swiss friend on watch2gether but she said it was blocked for her, so I assume the official DigsterPop videos are only available for German IPs. This is such a tragic mess tbh. At least the vevo site itself works Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 49,376 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Just now, kvnrp said: This is such a tragic mess tbh. At least the vevo site itself works Though the vevo site never seems to run smooth on any of my devices. I tried my laptop, PC and two cellphones and the videos always freeze Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvnrp 48,353 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 1 minute ago, Supersonic said: Though the vevo site never seems to run smooth on any of my devices. I tried my laptop, PC and two cellphones and the videos always freeze It only works well when you use the app and then stream it to a Chromecast or Apple TV. Other than that, the player doesn't switch to HD or just doesn't play at all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoMONSTER 2,526 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Germany reall needs more promotion now! She already dropped to #13 and didn't even reach #1 here.... I don't know what's up with my country... Even more stupid songs than 'Closer' take a #1! And I mean really bad music... Germans often reall have no idea of good music An example: tragic... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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