YouTube announced block access to all premium music videos for users in the UK due to the fact that it wasn’t able to reach a new deal with the UK’s Performing Rights Society (PRS for Music), which collects licensing fees for musicians and labels in the UK.
According to YouTube, PRS had proposed new payment terms that would be financially prohibitive for the site and would require YouTube to pay out more than it makes from the ads next to each video.
Google said it is still negotiating with PRS but in the meantime, premium videos from artists on EMI, Universal, Warner and Sony BMG have started to disappear for UK viewers and will be systematically removed over the next few days.
The solution? IP change!
The solution for the UK users will be to use hide IP tools to change their IP addresses to US IPs. For those interested I suggest Ultrasurf, Hotspot Shield (both free) or IP Hider (commercial).
Source: ReadWriteWeb
