The IFPI is challenging Google’s claim that YouTube has paid out over $1.8 billion to the music industry in the past year, saying that figure doesn’t line up with the international non-for-profit’s own research. “We welcome Google’s recognition that it and Google’s YouTube need to operate responsibly and properly value creators and their work,” said IFPI Chief Executive Frances Moore in a statement. “However, the figures in Google’s anti-piracy paper don’t match our own.”
Source: IFPI Refutes Claim YouTube Paid Music Industry $1.8B, Says Figures ‘Don’t Match Our Own’