YouTube Wins German Appeal Over Artists' Fees

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How many times can you appeal a case? This company lost once already, appealed that decision and lost again. Now they say they plan to appeal this decision?

A German court has handed Google another legal victory over German performing rights organization Gema, which had sought to make the company's video-sharing service YouTube pay each time users watch music videos by artists it represents. YouTube has introduced schemes that allow artists to earn money from advertising sold alongside their videos but many in the music business argue this does not go far enough.
 
Good. GEMA is the German sanctioned version of "PRS for Music" in the UK.

A real bunch of assholes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRS_for_Music#Legal_cases

In October 2009, the PRS apologized to a 56-year-old shelf-stacker at a village in Clackmannanshire for pursuing her for singing to herself while stacking shelves. PRS initially told her that she would be prosecuted and fined thousands of pounds if she continued to sing without a "live performance" license. However PRS subsequently acknowledged its mistake.

In October 2010, it was reported that Sussex Police, in a money-saving move, were not intending to renew their PRS license, meaning that police officers would no longer be able to listen to the radio in their squad cars or other work places.
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