Google and PRS in deadlock as music videos pulled from YouTube
YouTube in the UK is to be stripped of its most popular music
videos after the site failed to agree a new licensing deal with
the Performing Rights Society for Music, the trade body that
collects music royalties.   The Arctic Monkeys YouTube says it
will help find the next Arctic Monkeys. Photograph: Frida
Borjeson Photography/Flickr/Some rights reserved   "We value the
creativity of musicians and song writers and have worked hard
with rights-holders to generate significant online revenue for
them and to respect copyright," said parent company Google in a
statement.  "But PRS is now asking us to pay many, many times
more for our licence than before. The costs are simply
prohibitive for us - under PRS's proposed terms we would lose
significant amounts of money with every playback."  Google said
it is still negotiating with PRS but in the meantime, premium
videos from artists on EMI, Universal, Warner and Sony BMG and
some indie labels have started