YouTube users who want to add music to their uploaded videos can now buy lifetime licenses for certain songs thanks to the company's new deal with Rumblefish.
Unveiled on Tuesday, Rumblefish's new music program, dubbed FriendlyMusic, offers a catalog of copyright-cleared songs, which YouTube videomakers can purchase for $1.99 each and legally edit into their videos before posting them online. The new feature is YouTube's answer to users who have had their videos blocked in the past due to the unauthorized use of copyrighted music, according to the company's blog.
The new deal confirms reports that Rumblefish and YouTube owner Google were planning a new service to let YouTube videomakers grab licensed music. FriendlyMusic is also an extension of the companies' previous agreement in which users were able to get music from Rumblefish through YouTube's Audioswap site.
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Unveiled on Tuesday, Rumblefish's new music program, dubbed FriendlyMusic, offers a catalog of copyright-cleared songs, which YouTube videomakers can purchase for $1.99 each and legally edit into their videos before posting them online. The new feature is YouTube's answer to users who have had their videos blocked in the past due to the unauthorized use of copyrighted music, according to the company's blog.
The new deal confirms reports that Rumblefish and YouTube owner Google were planning a new service to let YouTube videomakers grab licensed music. FriendlyMusic is also an extension of the companies' previous agreement in which users were able to get music from Rumblefish through YouTube's Audioswap site.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-20009289-2.html