Neowin.net - The RIAA Says No Dancing To Music On YouTube

We already know that the entertainment industry loves to try to get people to pay for every possible use of their content. Remember the filmmaker who almost couldn't release his documentary because there was a four and a half second clip of The Simpsons playing in the background in one scene? It seems that with the rise of user-generated video, a lot more people are learning about the fun of licensing rights. The RIAA is apparently sending out cease-and-desist letters to YouTube users who dare to put up videos of things such as themselves dancing to music they haven't licensed.

This is ridcuelous, they are not loosing that much money from grainly youtube video audio. They are just being greedy, and wanting every dollar from every way a song could be used....

Neowin.net - The RIAA Says No Dancing To Music On YouTube

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