YouTube Clears Copyright Hurdle

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NEW YORK YouTube auteurs will soon be able to use Warner Music selections in their videos—and share in a portion of the resulting online advertising revenue.

The agreement covers Warner artists like Radiohead and Missy Elliott, and it comes at a time that online music copyright issues on social media sites have been heating up. Just last week, Universal Music chief Doug Morris said YouTube and sites like MySpace owe “tens of millions of dollars” from copyright infringements.

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