Peter Ruppert's Blog

Those millions of Zeppelin fans who weren’t at the O2 this past Monday are enjoying clips of the show on YouTube. The clips are of course not more than mobile phone footage shot by fans during the gig. Warners and the Zeppelin management have requested that this footage is taken down, despite Warners agreement with YouTube.

Understandably, the footage is of poor quality and for someone like Led Zeppelin, footage like that only kills the spirit of the re-union and may even harm a possible future tour. It shows again that the internet has not become the new radio for the labels. Copyright owners, artists etc all want to be on the ride, some even for free, but the lowest common denominator is quality and all agree, bad quality is bad for your image, no matter who has uploaded the clip. So apart from copyright issues, quality control is another major issue that will surely be the next big thing on the music industry agenda.