Licensing talks between Google's YouTube and GEMA have broken down, leading the German music rightsholder group to demand that 600 videos be removed from the German version of the site.
After a year of negotiations, GEMA said in a statement it was unable to reach a deal with YouTube, which had similar issues with U.K. rights group PRS for Music but eventually reached new licensing terms.
Billboard reports that GEMA "wanted assurances that a new deal would include a share of advertising revenue and take account of YouTube's revenue growth."
"Operators of online platforms such as YouTube which generate advertising revenues in the millions from the use of copyrighted content must ensure that those who create such works and supply the content are remunerated appropriately," GEMA head Harald Heker told Billboard.
