1. YouTube’s subscription offering was in the works for years before it was announced.
2. The reason that YouTube had to pause music if you closed the app had more to do with the RIAA. Remember the RIAA was pissed that they made pennies from streams compared to the dedicated streaming platforms like Spotify.
If anything it sounds like Google was trying to do that guy a favor - his app would have gotten pulled regardless.
RIAA can be as pissed as they want. Somebody needs to tell them "no" eventually. Copyright is in such an awful state because nobody ever tells them no.
I don’t get your implication. RIAA licensing is for streaming platforms for audio only radio and music video tv. So what’s about the YouTube relationship?
1. YouTube’s subscription offering was in the works for years before it was announced.
2. The reason that YouTube had to pause music if you closed the app had more to do with the RIAA. Remember the RIAA was pissed that they made pennies from streams compared to the dedicated streaming platforms like Spotify.
If anything it sounds like Google was trying to do that guy a favor - his app would have gotten pulled regardless.