We've been trying to embrace all the new media and networking platforms.
We are officially announcing Mike Stock Music's own YouTube Channel, where you will be able to see videos in better qualtiy uploads. We will be adding more videos over time.
Also, our official Facebook page Mike Stock Music, which we hope will be a replacement for the website Forum which we were forced to close. We wish to encourage anybody who would like to contribute.
YouTube and other online platforms
We are continuing to upload more content to YouTube. On our YouTube Channel you can be sure of the quality and legality of the videos available, and we are co-operating fully with all the new regulations that are, belatedly, being applied by Google and others. We have had to justify the use of our own copyrights, a necessary step in the regularisation process. This automatically leads to notice of infringement to those who have no justification and cannot prove any ownership.
In general, we are happy about this development because it can go some way towards establishing value in the usage, which can be paid on to those who earn royalties from the copyrights. Artists, songwriters and record labels have hitherto been forced to stand by and watch as their material was exposed widely on these sites, sometimes with many millions of ‘hits' associated and no possibility of receiving even the tiniest of payment. This situation could not continue and was very unfair on the artists in particular.
Unfortunately, YouTube and Google issue infringement notices as a matter of course. We would hope that most will understand and decide it is better to remove material which does not comply, before being issued with an infringement notice. It does feel a little heavy handed, but this situation has long been out of control and there is some blame to attach to those in control of the platform who took too long to realise and understand the problem.
We believe the new regulations, if properly enforced, will make it possible to make payments to the royalty earners, such as artists and musicians, some of whom will be very pleased to receive even a small income.