Maker Studios and Fullscreen makes deal with Universal Music Publishing Group

moneyman2j

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A person on the maker forum posted links to these two articles that the UMPG has made a deal with Maker and Fullscreen to possibly use their music.
NewMediaRockstars: newmediarockstars.com/2013/02/universal-music-publishing-group-announces-partnership-with-fullscreen-and-maker-studios/
Billboard: billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1538590/universal-music-publishing-inks-deals-with-fullscreen-maker-studios
 
It sounds like networks have to fork over extra money when music from Universal's catalog is used, so it will be interesting to see how usage is implemented. Maybe limit usage to a certain section of the network or charge an extra split on videos that use it. I guess we find out soon.
 
I wrote this also on some other thread... What works for me is this:
LOOK FOR UNDERGROUND and NON FAMOUS BANDS, dj's or authors!

How it works?
- Young and non famous artists need also someone to hear their music. U can offer them promotion trough ur channel, also, on intro, u can write down who is author of the music.
- Try to get as many as possible for the option! Because, not everyone has the same style, but, if u find something u like, and u wanna do something in future, trust me, YOU WILL NEED MORE THAT STUFF! and, as long as you have some long distance partner for this, help up each other and promote as much as u can! So, to find right one, you should look for as many possible options as u can!

NOW, the greatest problem is WHERE TO LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO IS GOOD AND WHO CAN SHARE HIS MUSIC?!
Well, how about U should look for some big music conest websites where all of them are posting their music. Like GBOB (Global Battle of the Bands). In the ends, MySpace is still working for looking for a band, so be free to check it out there as well!

EXAMPLE:
if u check my channel, Im using music of House of Ghosts band. well, that one isn't hard to get for me ^^ but beside them, I have very good cooperation with 101A from Japan and Rough Blue from Serbia. And, Not just that i can use they stuff, but we already get to the level that we can even make something new for some purpose!
DOn'T get DISCOURAGED ITS POSSIBLE!!! And it will defenetly make your channel more authentic!
What did this have to do with the topic?
 
The details from the Fullscreen side of things are starting to emerge. You can only use the music if you are part of FAM-and you can monetize existing covers if they are Universal's catalog. I would guess that this won't incur any added cost to any FAM contract as they're paying out a percentage to Universal that they previously couldn't get because those videos couldn't be monetized.
 
This also applies to all the subnetworks of Maker I believe, since I saw Simon Lane of the Yogscast tweet about this, this morning. He's a part of The Game Station who are affiliated with Maker (a sub-network I believe).
 
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