McCartney Times

The letter was published on Wednesday (29Jun16) and directed toward Jean Claude-Juncker, the president of the European Commission, asking leaders to create stricter copyright laws for user-uploaded music streaming sites such as YouTube.In the missive, obtained by Billboard, the signees state these online services are “unfairly siphoning value away from the music community”.”This is a pivotal moment for music,” the letter reads. “Consumption is exploding. Fans are listening to more music than ever before. Consumers have unprecedented opportunities to access the music they love, whenever and wherever they want to do so. But the future is jeopardised by a substantial ‘value gap’ caused by user upload services such as Google’s YouTube that are unfairly siphoning value away from the music community and its artists and songwriters”.

Source: Lady Gaga and Sir Paul McCartney petition European leaders over YouTube