Universal Music Group has a long history of bringing lawsuits upon music and video sharing services (MySpace, Veoh and its investors, Grouper / Bolt.com, etc.), so it’s kind of surprising to see them link to a clip of one of their biggest artists, rapper and producer Eminem, which has not been authorized by its copyright holders (i.e. Universal Music themselves).
Update: the news item has been updated as a result of this coverage. Good thing we have a screenshot.
The link can be found on this January 7 news item on the UMG website about the ‘leaking’ of Eminem’s newest track, and leads to this YouTube clip posted by a regular YouTube user. In case you were wondering, Universal Music Group has an official channel on the video sharing site which does not feature a clip for this particular track yet.
Ironically, there is a notice from YouTube below the video stating that the video “contains an audio track that has not been authorized by all copyright holders”. Furthermore, the audio has been disabled as a result of YouTube’s new policy whereby audio that has not been authorized is simply stripped away from the video, effectively generating a ton of creepy, soundless music videos.
Way to encourage uploading copyrighted material without your consent, UMG!
who left the irony on?
Dumb…
Hilarious
Funny thing is this track’s been leaked for well over a month already.
@myself. sorry, it leaked on January 6, almost a month already.
No words… -.-
Record companies stay 5 steps behind everytime!
cooljobsalways
http://tinyurl.com/7uj5ay
The record companies HAVE NO IDEA what the hell the world is evolving into. Believe me I used to work for a large record label and a lot of the execs can barely tie their own shoes! LOL
Ha! Caught in your own bear trap.
Looks like they updated the article.
I hate what youtube has done to accommodate these record companies –
it’s pretty ironic that even when artists have content with real selling power, like Eminem’s first single after his ‘retirement’ or Franz Ferdinand’s third album, they would rather let it leak out for free these days than give it to their labels…
Technically he is on Interscope, AND technically this doesnt qualify as news
Artists dont leak content to spite their labels.., if its leaked it is planned, or its a mistake by an insider
Wow. There really are no words to describe that. Hilarious and scary may come kinda close….
This song camee out at the end of 2008 on the big mike mixtape
eminem eres el mejor cantante de hip hop que hay en el mundo.
te amo EMINEM.
solo recuperate por completo de su enfermedad,para que cante y todo le salga muy bien.
EMINEM EL MEJOR CANTANTE DE HIP HOP.
2009.
A great article to read
Love you tubee but alot of more video portals are here providing different stuff
Great stuff going on the internet.
I think they need to save every thing from internet or dont need to expose it