YouTube Vs. Indie Labels... Final Round

 This just keeps getting worse and seems like a forgone conclusion or exclusion. I touched on this on the 26th of last month HERE.

 It would seem there are more and more reports on this, but alas the only outcry is still from a select few artists and the independent labels fighting for a better deal.

 Here are a few of the articles suddenly bring this issue further into the light:

Motherboard.Vice.com - 17 June - YouTube is about to do to record labels what Amazon do to Publishers

Forbes.com - 18 June - Youtube is about to delete independent artists from its site

Ripitup.com.au - 18 June - Youtube wages war against indie artists: The Breakdown

 It also seems fitting that I'm also in the middle of a month of New Zealand Music Videos, many which were released independently or by "small" labels which will likely see some of the videos I've posted removed.

 But the other side of the coin sees this article:

Digitalmusicnews.com - 17 June - Everyone calm down. YouTube is NOT going to remove music videos

OOPS! You (Tube) did it again...

 Alas I bring tidings of more potentially bad news. For those, like myself, who enjoy making music videos, there may soon be a void as You Tube may soon become unavailable as an outlet.

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 This is not only a bad omen for music but soon for original content that isn't corporate advertising, fail compilations and cat videos (Like this absolute GEM!). It stands to reason that if they do go ahead with this draconian agreement, and it sounds like an almost foregone conclusion, that they soon will set their sights on other works, such as short films, infotainment and magazine style casts. It's actually quite a daunting and sad reality that there soon may well be fewer and few online outlets to "distribute" your work. This is purely speculation, but I'm sure you can see that if this agreement does go ahead, then You Tube will likely start implementing it into other arenas and video publication types.

  It truly is a sad thought and a worry. But don't stop, keep making your content and keep uploading it, the hardest part at the moment is finding an audience for none cat related videos (which will never go viral - as quality seemingly never does in this day and age). Vimeo stands to gain several more channels.

Ideas? Thoughts? Opinions?