YouTube has blocked many songs in the U.S. due to its expiring license with SESAC. Artists impacted include Green Day and ...

Thousands of songs and videos are now unavailable on the platform as the two parties have failed to reach an agreement.

Their current unavailability has come about as a result of them being blocked on YouTube in North America due to an ongoing ...

The blocks didn't affect all of these artists songs, but when users clicked to listen to some of them — like "Set Fire to the ...

YouTube said it was "unable to reach an equitable agreement" with performing rights organization SESAC before their contract ...

YouTube reached a deal with SESAC on new licensing terms to restore music videos for artists that went dark over the weekend.

Songs by Adele, Nirvana, More Blocked by SESAC YouTube Dispute. SESAC, established in 1930, is one of the big three U.S. PROs ...

A number of songs from musicians such as Green Day, Adele, Bob Dylan, R.E.M and Nirvana have been taken down. For example if ...

Thousands of music videos by hundreds of artists were removed from YouTube after it failed to reach a deal with publishing ...

YouTube has reached a deal with the music licensing organization SESAC that will bring back songs that were removed over the ...

With the sudden unavailability to stream popular songs, YouTube users took to social media to express their frustrations.