Re: YouTube vs Artists: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8936257
http://www.gerryhemingway.com/piracy2.html
There's another blog post I can't find about an artist not being able to get access to the exact sales of his music online from his record company, which didn't make sense to him since pretty much every online music servic make it available.
Hollywood isn't any better.
http://www.slashfilm.com/lucasfilm-tells-darth-vader-that-re...
Re: YouTube vs Artists: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8936257