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Originally posted by AvrilLaQueen
wait, Germany didn't have youtube? cancel it  |
Germany has always had YT but after the GEMA and Google didn't manage to agree on a licensing contract, YT just blocked most (e.g. for TS it were only 22/72 videos) of the music videos and videos containing music from major artists a few years ago. So the videos that were blocked could be watched on the VEVO website or through a US IP instead.
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Q: Why is my music video blocked in Germany?
A: In Germany, YouTube has a continuous battle with the country’s publishing organization, known as GEMA, which claims the Google-owned video site (YouTube) doesn’t offer a fair royalty agreement to publishers and songwriters. As a result, music videos on YouTube are restricted and viewers are met with the message “Sorry, this video is unavailable”
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YouTube stopped showing music videos in Germany in April 2009 after its 17-month deal with GEMA came to a close.
Under this prior deal, Google paid GEMA a set per-stream fee for its licensed videos.
Negotiations on a fresh contract reportedly collapsed after GEMA attempted to raise the fee to 1 Euro Cent per stream – kicking off seven years of hostility and litigation between the two camps.
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