Why do people hate VEVO?

[Findlebob]

The reason I hate them is this. They class Offspring under pop.

 

[ElPatron]

the amount of money they give to an artist depends on their popularity. Unless you listen to massively popular artists like Lady Gaga you're not giving them a lot of money.

Yes, but if you listen to a fan uploaded video then you give the lesser known artists no money....

Okay, this is how it worked a few years ago. VIdeo clips were an indirect source of revenue. Why? It gave exposition to artists, and thus they became more profitable by reaching a big audience.

It was never a source of direct profit.

Since the label are the ones who pay to make the video, merchandise etc.

That only applies to famous artists. I doubt half of the artists under Vevo would be able to get them to pay for videoclips.

Merchandise? Let's not forget that they are selling stuff made in China sweat shops dozens of times it's price.

Vevo is the mash up of the most evil music corporations. If I had 100 bucks for every time an artist had to break up with them, I'd be well set.

I except them to pay for helicopters and pink Lamborghinis if you're famous enough. You're not? I bet they almost force you to pay for the whole video.

 

[Mayhaps]

the amount of money they give to an artist depends on their popularity. Unless you listen to massively popular artists like Lady Gaga you're not giving them a lot of money.

Yes, but if you listen to a fan uploaded video then you give the lesser known artists no money....

Nope.

Content ID

YouTube's state-of-the-art technology allows content owners to identify user-uploaded videos and audio comprised of their content, and choose what they want to happen when those videos are found: Make money from them. Get stats on them. Or block them from YouTube altogether.

 

[backinthepresentfuture]

i hate them because i can. so i do.

 

[Kae]

I literally had no idea what Vevo was until a couple minutes ago when a friend passed me a video of some song called Day n Night or something like that, and my first impressions are that it loads like ass, and it's stupid to censor a song on the Internet, I didn't get any ads though.