Article and Call to Action re: Google's Music Key and YouTube

[Julibee]

Heads up.

This hit home for me. When I released my album in November, of course I included Google Play as a distribution channel, not realizing how inextricably tied it would be to YouTube -- how static video content would be autogenerated for each song (my own videos be damned), tied to ads, available to all, and that there was absolutely nothing I could do about it. 

http://thetrichordist.com/2015/01/26/zo ... -internet/

[Tre Trelos]

Good article.

[EnochLight]

Heads up.

This hit home for me. When I released my album in November, of course I included Google Play as a distribution channel, not realizing how inextricably tied it would be to YouTube -- how static video content would be autogenerated for each song (my own videos be damned), tied to ads, available to all, and that there was absolutely nothing I could do about it. 

http://thetrichordist.com/2015/01/26/zo ... -internet/

Thanks for sharing this. Not so ironically, my releases are also sold through Google Play. Sure enough - I noticed this popped up not too long ago:

http://youtu.be/zpVRhOdVNbE

So much for Google's "do no evil" philosophy.

[Tre Trelos]

Heads up.

This hit home for me. When I released my album in November, of course I included Google Play as a distribution channel, not realizing how inextricably tied it would be to YouTube -- how static video content would be autogenerated for each song (my own videos be damned), tied to ads, available to all, and that there was absolutely nothing I could do about it. 

http://thetrichordist.com/2015/01/26/zo ... -internet/

Thanks for sharing this. Not so ironically, my releases are also sold through Google Play. Sure enough - I noticed this popped up not too long ago:

http://youtu.be/zpVRhOdVNbE

So much for Google's "do no evil" philosophy.

I like that Track Mr. EnochLight

[Julibee]

Heads up.

This hit home for me. When I released my album in November, of course I included Google Play as a distribution channel, not realizing how inextricably tied it would be to YouTube -- how static video content would be autogenerated for each song (my own videos be damned), tied to ads, available to all, and that there was absolutely nothing I could do about it. 

http://thetrichordist.com/2015/01/26/zo ... -internet/

Thanks for sharing this. Not so ironically, my releases are also sold through Google Play. Sure enough - I noticed this popped up not too long ago:

http://youtu.be/zpVRhOdVNbE

So much for Google's "do no evil" philosophy.

Ah, geez... Now I feel badly for not having told you (specifically) sooner... I see this every time I look at my own stuff. I just assumed you knew...

[EnochLight]

I'm vexed. Part of me is infuriated, but... part of me is relieved. If some kid had uploaded a copy, I would have no way (legal or otherwise) to police something like this and make take-down requests. I have neither the time nor money.. So having an "official" upload is somewhat nice. TuneCore (my distributor) will actually allow me to monetize the ad revenue on YouTube stuff, but I have to pay for the "service".

Ugh..