"There is a massive contradiction in the messages they are giving out... It is complete tomfoolery."
BASCA chairman Crispin Hunt was speaking at an event held in London last night by British collecting society PRS for Music, which provided the latest salvos in the war of words with YouTube over safe harbour and the 'value gap'.
As with the recent debates on the topic at the Midem conference in Cannes (our reports of which are here and here) the event was focused on one side of the debate: despite being held literally opposite Google's London office, YouTube did not take part.
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