Music videos return to UK YouTube 音乐电视回归英国YouTube
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Music videos are once more available to YouTube viewers in the UK after the streaming site reached an agreement with songwriters' group PRS for Music.

英国浏览者得以再次在YouTube上观看音乐视频,得益于分流网站与歌曲作家集团PRS达成音乐分享协议。

The issue of copyright has dogged YouTube since its launch
The issue of copyright has dogged YouTube since its launch

In March, YouTube blocked thousands of music videos to UK users, after it failed to reach agreement over fees.

YouTube, owned by Google, is paying an undisclosed(未泄露的) lump sum(总数) to PRS, backdated until January and lasting1 until 2012.

PRS for Music said it was pleased an agreement had been reached but neither side would reveal details of the deal.

Friends

BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones said both sides needed to get the music videos back online.

Our correspondent explained that YouTube wants to become the venue2 for all kinds of online content, while the songwriters know that revenue from the internet must play an ever bigger part in their income.

A spokesman for PRS for Music, formerly3 known as the Performing Rights Society said: "It is a lump sum deal which seems to work for YouTube's business model and offers recompense for our 60,000 members. We can be friends again."

A spokesman for YouTube said that the "tens of thousands" of videos which had disappeared "will come back over the next few days".

'Complex beast'

Alongside it will be new material as YouTube signs partnerships4 with other record labels and guest editors introducing their favourite videos.

The deal had taken such a long time to be hammered out(苦心想出,推敲) because YouTube was such a "complex beast", he said.

In the UK, PRS for Music acts as a collecting society on behalf of member publishers for licensing5 fees relating to use of music.

At the start of the row, Patrick Walker, managing director of broadcast and online at YouTube told the BBC that PRS was seeking a rise in fees "many, many factors" higher than the previous agreement.

He said that the two were "so far apart" that YouTube had no choice but to remove content while negotiations6 continued.

But at the time, Steve Porter, head of PRS, said he was "outraged7(震惊的)... shocked and disappointed" by the decision.

He said the move "punishes British consumers and the songwriters whose interests we protect and represent".

The Music Publishers Association (MPA) joined with PRS urging Google to rethink, while Lord Carter, who was the UK's Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting, also waded8 into the debate.

Giving evidence before the Business Select Committee the minister said he suspected a degree of "commercial posturing9 on the part of both parties" but said the row was indicative of a wider issue.

YouTube is the world's most popular online video site but has been under increased pressure to generate more revenue since its purchase by Google for $1.65bn (then £875m) in 2006.

Services such as Pandora.com, MySpace UK and Imeem have also had issues securing licence deals in the UK in the past 12 months.



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1 lasting IpCz02     
adj.永久的,永恒的;vbl.持续,维持
参考例句:
  • The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
  • We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
2 venue ALkzr     
n.犯罪地点,审判地,管辖地,发生地点,集合地点
参考例句:
  • The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
  • The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。
3 formerly ni3x9     
adv.从前,以前
参考例句:
  • We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
  • This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。
4 partnerships ce2e6aff420d72bbf56e8077be344bc9     
n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 );合伙人身份;合作关系
参考例句:
  • Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
  • It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句
5 licensing 7352ce0b4e0665659ae6466c18decb2a     
v.批准,许可,颁发执照( license的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • A large part of state regulation consists of occupational licensing. 大部分州的管理涉及行业的特许批准。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
  • That licensing procedures for projects would move faster. 这样的工程批准程序一定会加快。 来自辞典例句
6 negotiations af4b5f3e98e178dd3c4bac64b625ecd0     
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
参考例句:
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
7 outraged VmHz8n     
a.震惊的,义愤填膺的
参考例句:
  • Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
  • He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。
8 waded e8d8bc55cdc9612ad0bc65820a4ceac6     
(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的过去式和过去分词 )
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  • She tucked up her skirt and waded into the river. 她撩起裙子蹚水走进河里。
  • He waded into the water to push the boat out. 他蹚进水里把船推出来。
9 posturing 1785febcc47e6193be90be621fdf70d9     
做出某种姿势( posture的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • She was posturing a model. 她正在摆模特儿的姿势。
  • She says the President may just be posturing. 她说总统也许只是在做样子而已。
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