Sony has blocked all of the multi-Grammy-winning artist’s videos in the US on the video sharing site and replaced them with a message which reads: “This video contains content from Sony Music Entertainment, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.” Viewers are still able to see them in other countries.
The action comes on the heels of a copyright infringement issue involving Beyoncè’s label, and as techie website Motherboard point out, no doubt stems from the floundering record industry and its desire to have a piece of the online video biz, reports E!Online.com.
There’s no word yet on how long it will take for Beyoncè’s YouTube channel to be active or when videos will be live again.
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