YouTube is built on the back of stolen content says Trent Reznor

Digital music and audio | The Guardian 2016-07-01

Summary:

Nine Inch Nails musician and Apple Music executive joins music industry’s debate over Google’s video service, but YouTube hits back

Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor is the latest artist to join the music industry’s war of words with YouTube, attacking Google’s video service over the role it plays for musicians.

“I find YouTube’s business to be very disingenuous. It is built on the backs of free, stolen content and that’s how they got that big,” said Reznor in an interview with Billboard.

Related: Why is the music industry battling YouTube and what happens next?

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/15/trent-reznor-nine-inch-nails-youtube-stolen-content-apple-music

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Authors:

Stuart Dredge

Date tagged:

07/01/2016, 15:16

Date published:

06/15/2016, 17:13