but we all know that the whole pandora business is exactly to get around that.
you get to hear the song you want, and a few similar ones, in a guise that it worked like radio and you didnt select any song, so they can keep the royalties down.
...that said, i'd be very curious what's YouTube excuse. if they need any and are not just shoving their weight around. for tv series and cartoons they are using the "but thats our users streaming content live! we will punish them, after suggesting their live stream to everyone and collect ads revenue" excuse
you get to hear the song you want, and a few similar ones, in a guise that it worked like radio and you didnt select any song, so they can keep the royalties down.
...that said, i'd be very curious what's YouTube excuse. if they need any and are not just shoving their weight around. for tv series and cartoons they are using the "but thats our users streaming content live! we will punish them, after suggesting their live stream to everyone and collect ads revenue" excuse