YouTube's Subscription Music Service Could Block Some Artists

Please don't stop the music.

YouTube's hotly anticipated music streaming service is on its way, and the site is making preparations to penalize record labels that haven't agreed to its terms.

Videos of independent labels that have refused to agree to deals on for a new paid subscription offering will soon find their videos blocked, according to a report from the Financial Times.

The move marks the end of an era for YouTube, which originally launched as an inclusive platform for legal user content to be viewed by allNow, the site that helped usher in the era of streaming video will take one of its biggest steps in commoditizing its success. Read more...