The platform’s willingness to enforce intellectual property rights, even casually, has forced stations like Chillhop Music, College Music, ChilledCow and others to form their own relationships with the artists. “They rightfully get angry at some other channels though as a lot of people are just capitalizing on the artists.”Channels like College Music, ChilledCow, Chillhop Music and others are unlikely to have a broad impact on the music industry. Nico Perez, a founder of MixCloud, applauded the channels, and said they were a natural response to the homogeneity of traditional radio playlists. But he was troubled by the total power that YouTube yielded over the ecosystem. “If they grow large enough, YouTube will have to decide whether they want to support it or if it’s not what they’re looking for on the platform,” he said.

Source: New York Times May 03, 2018 09:30 UTC