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		bsilvereagle on June 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: HipHop: A "Popcorn Time" for music > None of that money goes to the artist... that goes to google... Youtube uses an ad-revenue sharing program. So video creators/uploaders do get a share of money from the ad, even if it is marginal.

1stop on June 6, 2014 [–]

A tiny fraction sure. But google make a lot more.

So your real issue is with the YouTube API for not supplying ads with content?

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