The clash beetween technology and music continues, as YouTube (Google) and Warner Music Group have failed to reach a licensing deal (to continue their previous two years of licenses), and Warner has asked YouTube to delete a number of videos using its copyrights. A New York Times article today reports that these deletions cause a big risk to YouTube, because some of its most viewed videos are professional music videos from large labels. In fact, 6 of the top 10 most viewed videos are music videos.
Ian McClure is a former corporate & securities and intellectual property law attorney with 
Trevor M. Blum is a former Associate in the Chicago-based, valuation practice group of Ocean Tomo, LLC., an intellectual property (IP) consultancy. Additionally, he provided instrumental research support to Intellectual Property Exchange International, Inc., an IP exchange start-up. Trevor holds a B.S. from Indiana University and is currently an MBA candidate at the University of Cambridge, focusing on international business and finance. His interests also include entrepreneurship, economics, and informational visualization. He enjoys running and cycling in his free time. Trevor seeks to bring a transnational business perspective to the blog. 
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