Hooray music industry!

[frash.exe]

http://www.huffingto..._n_2376037.html

Record companies representing stars like Rihanna, Justin Biber and Alicia Keys may not be as popular as they hoped - as YouTube wiped two billion "fake views" from their channels on the site video sharing site.

According to The Daily Dot, Universal Music's artists lost the most views, including singers such as will.i.am and Nicki Minaj, as the company lost one billion of its seven billion views.

Sony and artists like Rita Ora and Labrinth lost 850 million views.

The Daily Dot reportedthat other notable channels affected include the ones belonging to Michael Jackson, Chris Brown, Beyoncé, and Avril Lavigne.

YouTube statistics analysts at SocialBlade recorded the dramatic loss of views, after YouTube conducted an audit of its viewing figures to combat hackers building the numbers of views or likes on a YouTube video.

This enables them to make clips appear far more popular, increase their exposure and draw advertising revenue.

YouTube said in a statement that the figures had been deliberately, artificially inflated. "This was not a bug or a security breach. This was an enforcement of our view count policy."

nah the record companies are totally focused on talent. they're not interested in promoting mediocrity in a sole effort to make the most profit at all. now go on and watch some reality programming on MTV that's definitely real, nothing to see here...

[PhillyB]

wait so the music industry is actually ........an industry?

[Bwood]

That fugging gif lmao