Members blue2blue Posted December 28, 2012 Members Share Posted December 28, 2012 OK. I know I've got something of a reputation for being cynical about the music biz. But it's stuff like this that really gets me going. I've been ranting about the issue of faked 'viral videos' and other 'guerrilla' marketing cheats from record labels (not just the bigs), promoters, and others for a while now. And it's seemed to me that those rants have often met with a certain skepticism. (OK, they are rants. ) But even I didn't realize how big this phenom is. Google/YouTube nailed a bunch of labels -- but none so hard as Sony/BMG. Out of 850 million video views on Sony's label channel, YouTube removed over 847 million. That's over 99.6% of Sony/BMG video views removed for being faked. http://www.tomsguide.com/us/youtube-...l#xtor=RSS-980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted December 28, 2012 Members Share Posted December 28, 2012 Originally Posted by blue2blue I know I've got something of a reputation for being cynical about the music biz. Didn't you mean "realistic," not "cynical"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted December 28, 2012 Members Share Posted December 28, 2012 Originally Posted by blue2blue I know I've got something of a reputation for being cynical about the music biz. Didn't you mean "realistic," not "cynical"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted December 28, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2012 Something tells me you've been around, too. I dunno, sometimes I get the sense that because I'm so often cranky, that folks think I'm a crank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted December 28, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2012 Something tells me you've been around, too. I dunno, sometimes I get the sense that because I'm so often cranky, that folks think I'm a crank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted December 28, 2012 Members Share Posted December 28, 2012 Originally Posted by blue2blue Something tells me you've been around, too. Yup. And I'm still owed a lot of money in royalties that I'll never see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted December 28, 2012 Members Share Posted December 28, 2012 Originally Posted by blue2blue Something tells me you've been around, too. Yup. And I'm still owed a lot of money in royalties that I'll never see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted December 28, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2012 Damn, I thought I put that check in the mail, Craig.All debts will be paid in The Great By and By.Also, I'm told we get to return to our high school graduation weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted December 28, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2012 Damn, I thought I put that check in the mail, Craig.All debts will be paid in The Great By and By.Also, I'm told we get to return to our high school graduation weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted December 29, 2012 Members Share Posted December 29, 2012 So gangnam isn't da shizz, after all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted December 29, 2012 Members Share Posted December 29, 2012 So gangnam isn't da shizz, after all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members electrochrisso Posted December 29, 2012 Members Share Posted December 29, 2012 What do you expect in a greedy F*^$%d up world, run by greedy F*^$%d up people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members electrochrisso Posted December 29, 2012 Members Share Posted December 29, 2012 What do you expect in a greedy F*^$%d up world, run by greedy F*^$%d up people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted December 29, 2012 CMS Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 How would they do this? The link you posted mentioned the Fiverr service which apparently is a marketplace for skills and services. Do they go on there and say "Make money by watching our YouTube videos" and they get millions of views from people who don't care what they're watching? (I thought that was a pretty good description of nearly all YouTube viewers anyway) Or are they using Fiverr to find people to hack the YouTube servers and actually change the number of views without there actually being a corresponding view? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted December 29, 2012 CMS Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 How would they do this? The link you posted mentioned the Fiverr service which apparently is a marketplace for skills and services. Do they go on there and say "Make money by watching our YouTube videos" and they get millions of views from people who don't care what they're watching? (I thought that was a pretty good description of nearly all YouTube viewers anyway) Or are they using Fiverr to find people to hack the YouTube servers and actually change the number of views without there actually being a corresponding view? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flemtone Posted December 29, 2012 Members Share Posted December 29, 2012 'BOT' programs that continually hit webpages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flemtone Posted December 29, 2012 Members Share Posted December 29, 2012 'BOT' programs that continually hit webpages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surrealistic Posted December 29, 2012 Members Share Posted December 29, 2012 I know I shouldn't be shocked and angered by this but I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surrealistic Posted December 29, 2012 Members Share Posted December 29, 2012 I know I shouldn't be shocked and angered by this but I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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