Content Wars: PRS unleashes broadside on Google
As if taking on the entire publishing establishment weren’t enough, Google has managed to upset the venerable music business too with its unlicensed use and broadcast of music video soundtracks on YouTube and Google Video. PRS for music, formerly the The PRS Alliance (MCPS-PRS) had been in talks with Google to try to establish a license fee royalty payable by the search giant for each broadcast/play of a ‘work’ – as has been the way for decades.
