Youtube Music Rules

Most (if not all) video sharing sites such as MetaCafe and of course YouTube have rules about what you upload in terms of music or movie clips. They are very strict on what they allow and what they don't. I put songs into many of the movies that I upload to Youtube. With those videos, Youtube either inserts advertising on it or they take down my video. I can understand why they do that but it doesn't always make sense to me. Why wouldn't a music artist want their music in someone else's video creation? It would surely get them more fans and possibly boost their popularity. The reason they don't want people using the music would be because the song doesn't belong to them. But how would it hurt them if you gave full credit to the original artist? The credit (that is clearly visible) could be in the annotations or in the description box or anywhere that everyone could see it. Because of that Youtube video, more people now know the original. They might even head over to iTunes and buy it and put it onto their iPod. And the original artist has now made more money than he or she might have made otherwise. I might not know all the reasons for why Youtube and artists don't like it but it seems to me that the artist wants to control their song too much. I think Youtube and the music industry need to ease up on that. Maybe Youtube could have a partnership with record companys so that as long as someone gives clear and accurate credit to both the record company and the artist, then the user could upload the video. Youtube is a great place. Many new artists wouldn't be where they are today without the exposure that Youtube and amateur video makers have given them. Esmee Denters (a current Youtube music artist with a debut album coming out) was discovered by Justin Timberlake when he was cruising through Youtube. Without different people posting videos including her songs, he might not have found her! So all in all, what I'm saying is this: I think the music industry needs to think about the impact that Youtube has on the music-buying public. Even my videos--in which I give full credit to everyone--get taken down every once in a while and it really annoys me—especially when it is one of my best productions.