Have any other UK YouTube users been affected by the music ban?

[Anarcho-Socialist]

I've seen most of the music on my playlists blocked. I haven't attempted using a non-UK proxy server yet.

I wonder if it's affecting citizens of Ireland since many use the same web nodes to connect as UKers do.

[B Whale]

1. I don't know about this Anarcho, please enlighten...

whats happened and why...?

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. YouTube and the PRS disagree about royalty payments

so any music that would be subject to a performance royalty is blocked; see eg http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/03/10/youtube-and-the-beat-no-longer-goes-on-in-the-uk/

[B Whale]

3. thank you.

Shame. Any resolutuon likely so i can continue watching free stuff?

[dipsydoodle]

4. Nope

I posted the issue when it first arose. It made specific reference to Premium music videos whatever that's supposed to mean. Can you give me an example please. At the time I just fiddled about with videos which I thought might be "Premium" and they all worked just fine.

None of what I would normally watch would be classed as premium anyway. This for example : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLilUvt2BSs

[Anarcho-Socialist]

5. I was getting a lot of red banners

saying 'this video is not available in your country' regarding some pop music of the last 30 years. Although saying that a lot of the videos are available again today :shrug:

[dipsydoodle]

6. Just noticed your post

That was already happening prior to this event. Had been so since they reconfigured to identify country of user - don't know the background to it and I concluded it was a plain and simple cock up.

[canetoad]

7. Maybe this will be useful

https://proxify.com/