YouTube Agrees UK Music Royalty Deal

August 30, 2007 By JANE WARDELL, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- Artists from Cliff Richard to Amy Winehouse will be paid when their tracks are used as backing music for clips on video-sharing Web site YouTube following a deal with the British society that collects royalties for composers, songwriters and publishers.

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