After long, drawn-out negotiations, PRS for Music and YouTube have finally come to an agreement over rates. It's good news for British music fans, since YouTube's blocking of premium music videos on their site will now be lifted. What it means for songwriters financially is still a mystery however, since the agreement is covered by a Non-Disclosure Agreement.
According to sources close to the negotiations, Google/YouTube took the NDA to another level by insisting that the people at the negotiating table would not even be allowed to tell the PRS board what the agreement is (although the PRS say they would never pass anything without it being seen and signed off by their board). It's rumoured that YouTube only wanted two people to know – one YouTube rep and one PRS rep. It makes you wonder what information can be so sensitive as to push requests for secrecy that far. For a company that is all about sharing information, it's somewhat ironic that Google are so unwilling to share any of their own.
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