SESAC pulls music from YouTube platforms

[Nein]

Some of the most watched and listened to music on YouTube and YouTube Music disappeared on Saturday, replaced by a short message:

Video unavailable
This video contains content from SESAC. It is not available in your country.

That is probably not what people expected when they tried to stream Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” or other songs from artists as varied as Kendrick Lamar, Britney Spears, Green Day, Kanye West, and Burna Boy.

Answering the question of when the SESAC music ban on YouTube and YouTube Music will end, or even what music has been removed, is a little harder.

SESAC stands for the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers, which has been around since 1930 and, according to its website, “...currently licenses the public performance of more than 1.5 million songs on behalf of its 15,000+ affiliated songwriters, composers, and music publishers.”

YouTube pulls songs from Adele, Nirvana, and others due to SESAC dispute - The Verge

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[Jassoe3]

Radar, Womanizer, and Womanizer Apple Music Festival 2016 seem to have gone missing

[Nein]

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[Isla]

Wait does this mean the videos are region blocked in Europe?

[Emil87]

I noticed that! YouTube is so wack nowadays. 

[MissSpearsSaysSo]

Yooo, almost all of my fave Britney mixes are blocked..  

[Nein]

45 minutes ago, Isla said:

Wait does this mean the videos are region blocked in Europe?

I think it may be affected globally.

[humstarr]

Been having the same trouble. Wtf is going on? 

[Nein]

2 hours ago, humstarr said:

Been having the same trouble. Wtf is going on? 

Something about blocking the streams because of copyright issues and license agreements.

Youtube is negotiating with SESAC but apparently their deal wasn't supposed to expire till next week. They're pulling the songs and videos off in advance as a tactical move.

If you wanna read more about it, Variety has an article explaining everything:

Songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, Many More Blocked by YouTube in Legal Dispute

VARIETY.COM

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Songs by Bob Dylan, Adele, Green Day, Burna Boy and many others are unplayable on YouTube due...

 

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[Jassoe3]

15 hours ago, Nein said:

I noticed this too. My playlist is shortening up fast.

The songs Womanizer and Radar are still available on YouTube Music at least.

 Do Somethin' is still gone

[PokemonSpears]

where are you located? I have this playlist with pretty much all the Britney songs that are available in my region, and I haven't noticed any change

Here's the YouTube version

 

 

And the YouTube Music one

Britney Spears Topic

MUSIC.YOUTUBE.COM

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Britney Spears discography

 

[Nein]

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[James_Holzier_Lover]

omg i hope they don't do this to every song on the platform because that really sucks  

[PokemonSpears]

1 hour ago, Nein said:

I'm in Canada. I can't see the first video you posted but the playlist is available for me.

the first video is the BOMT digital single followed by Autumn Goodbye

[Nein]

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