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YouTube has introduced schemes that allow artists to earn
money from advertising sold alongside their videos but many in
the music business argue this does not go far enough.
However, the regional court in Munich on Thursday rejected
Gema's demand that YouTube pay 0.375 euro cents ($0.004) per
view of certain videos, confirming the ruling of a lower court
last year.
Google, now part of holding company Alphabet Inc, bought YouTube
in 2006 and has faced multiple lawsuits from artists and music
labels who say it makes money at their expense, even as it has
emerged as one of the most popular for fans to discover new
music by their favourite artists.
Gema said it intends to appeal the ruling at the federal court.
($1 = 0.9170 euros)
(This version of the story corrects paragraph 4 to show Google
bought YouTube in 2006, didn't launch it in 2005.)
(Reporting by Joern Potz; Writing by Harro ten Wolde; Editing by
David Goodman)
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