Google Strips Billions Of YouTube Views From Major Labels

Dec 27, 2012 | 12:30 PM Written By: Pierce Watson

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Google Strips Billions Of YouTube Views From Major Labels

Google didn't wait for spring this year to do its spring clean up, recently taking away more than 2 billion views from Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG, and RCA Records. The slashing of views is likely related to shadowy dealings in the realm of Youtube views, as the companies are thought to employ an army of Youtube view manipulators.

Universal's channel dropped a billion views, Sony/BMG dropped 850 million views, and RCA dropped 159 million views, stripping the labels of much sought after traffic. However, Google did not only aim at music corporations. YouTubers everywhere complained recently that their videos were mysteriously taken down, and even thought it may have been a mistake. Google proceeded to inform everyone with a video down that they had violated the terms of service by using automated methods of increasing views.

In an online thread, one 16-year-old individual was even specified as being a prominent seller of YouTube views, and claimed to have made $60,000 already using the scheme.

Do you agree with Google's actions?

Source: thisis50.com

Previous Comments

Necessary 12/29/2012 10:10 am

Google should do things like this more often! With more than one area of bullshit! Keep it up google!

THE MAD RAPPER 12/28/2012 9:54 pm

So now if someone wants to destroy a specific Rappers career they just have to flood their youtube channel with fake views. I hope some computer nerd out there floods Lil Wayne's youtube channel with a billion "FAKE" views so it gets taken down.

MIKEY 12/28/2012 4:14 pm

I Aqree

Cee 12/27/2012 7:37 pm

they are on point.. theres alot of hacking tools out there. glad that youtube is up to date and not going for it.

NENEH 12/27/2012 2:53 pm

Its very simple: Google/Youtube is a monopoly. They charge exorbitant amounts of $ for dvertisement on their platforms, yet spend "zero" dollars on content and production. Its simple and brilliant! Users post thousands of videos on their platform daily! Well, the major labels and indies figured they'd pay third parties to promote/advertise their videos, get fake views, manipulate,...whatever, right? Well YOUTUBE/GOOGLE will NOT have that, because then they would be in fact, creating their own competition. NO THIRD PARTIES...and that includes postings on Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc... So as long as you pay GOOGLE/YOUTUBE to be placed on their front page and they get to keep all the mula, then more likely, your "promoted video" will be safe. What ever happened to ANTITRUST LAWS?????

Fat Fuk REPLIED 12/27/2012 8:38 pm

yeah tell us about it e.g Fakeshoredrive lol

tm310 REPLIED 12/27/2012 4:46 pm

That is wrong. Google runs AdSense which pays for things like views and ad clicks. YouTubers realized this and began manipulating view counts and doing other things to raise views to directly help their own pockets. And Google/YouTube are NOT monopolies- there are other video upload and web search sites, they just pale in comparrison.

dzbk 12/27/2012 2:09 pm

i KNEWWW IT, CUZZZZ SOME OF THESE VIEW WAS defffff NOT ADDING UP AT ALL...

STP 12/27/2012 1:43 pm

Definitely agree...Google is on they job...I respect that. Most artists posting videos on Youtube can pay for views. I know independent artist that say they pay for an extra 13000 views per month. This is a common practice among musicians, labels, and even amateur filmmakers. The majority of all Youtube views are boosted...hence garbage ass products.

filet_ming_yong 12/27/2012 1:13 pm

I def I agree.

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