Streaming: accord entre Youtube et les labels de musique indépendants

Youtube has reached an agreement with the agency management rights Merlin represents 20,000 music labels, paving the way for the launch of a service from streaming music stream "streaming"

Youtube has reached an agreement with the agency management rights Merlin, which represents 20,000 music labels, paving the way for the launch of a paid service broadcasting music streams ("streaming"), reported Wednesday the Financial Times.Le contract, which was signed a few days ago, grants more favorable independent labels a previous version of the agreement terms disclosed in June, said the financial daily britannique.Youtu

be subsidiary of internet giant Google, prepared for several month launching a paid service for watching music videos, without advertising and without download, which could generate $ 500 million subscriptions per year depending on the Midia Research.Des firm agreements have been concluded with the three main majors of the music industry - Universal, Sony and Warner - but negotiations stumbled with Merlin, sometimes called "fourth major" .Youtube including threatened to withdraw its website videos of artists such as Adele and Arctic Monkeys English produced by independent labels represented by Merlin.Depuis acquired by Google in 2006, YouTube has donated more than a billion dollars in advertising revenues to the beneficiaries of the content published on its website, says the Financial Times.