AZOFF SETS FIRE TO TWITTER, SPANKS YOUTUBE SOME MORE
Irivng Azoff has been beyond vehement about rallying artists together to take a stand against Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and, therefore, YouTube; click here for more on that. As support for the cause continues to grow (Bruce Springsteen and Bruno Mars just jumped on board), he's lunged fully into an epic rant on Twitter.
Scroll down to see his tweets in descending order.
This is historic. 500+ creators and 20+ companies united. pic.twitter.com/zqeahdq2T2
— Irving Azoff (@irvingazoff) June 22, 2016
Thanks to Bruce Springsteen and Bruno Mars for being the latest to join us.
— Irving Azoff (@irvingazoff) June 22, 2016
Labels made deals with @YouTube out of desperation. It’s pennies & whack-a-mole. How can labels renew YT deals with so much artist pressure?
— Irving Azoff (@irvingazoff) June 22, 2016
.@YouTube can stop leaks of their own programs and keep them behind the paid wall….
— Irving Azoff (@irvingazoff) June 22, 2016
…but @YouTube won’t keep music that leaks or demos that artists don’t want released off @YouTube.
— Irving Azoff (@irvingazoff) June 22, 2016
If selling ads doesn’t make enough money to pay artists, then it’s bad business. US vinyl sales generated more revenue than YT advertising.
— Irving Azoff (@irvingazoff) June 22, 2016
This isn’t about @YouTube. It’s about safe harbor. The playing field should be even for all digital players…
— Irving Azoff (@irvingazoff) June 22, 2016
…Apple, Spotify & Pandora don’t hide behind safe harbor.
— Irving Azoff (@irvingazoff) June 22, 2016
The future is streaming. The future is also contingent on paying artists and writers fairly.
— Irving Azoff (@irvingazoff) June 22, 2016
