Re: YouTube and MP3s

["Glenn Folkvord" <glenn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> I don't exactly know why music videos are so freely available on You
> Tube and other similar sources though I've guessed that the copyright
> holders think that they provide good publicity to increase sales.

Music videos are produces solely for the purpose of marketing and publicity, 
so record companies, artists and distributors will want them as widespread 
as possible. YouTube is effectively a TV channel where content owners do not 
have to pay to get their product included, distribution is free, and it 
reaches alot of people.

> The new wrinkle is that many programs, often free, now download You Tube
> music videos and convert them to MP3's. Lots more music is available
> this way than through looking for "illegal" MP3's on the Internet.

The audio quality of YouTube videos are so bad that it's not regarded as a 
substitute for the CD or purchased MP3s.

Greetings from Glenn Folkvord
Web & content editor, Planet Origo