Is watching music videos on YouTube considered stealing?

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Like say that the poster of the video does not own the rites to the music video, so they don’t actually own it. Plus when you watch it no royalties go to the artist and you are doing it for free. So is it actually stealing?
 
If you like certain musicians or bands, “like” their official fan pages on Facebook as often times on the FB fan pages are their “official” videos and you can often find videos on offical web sites as well. Problem solved.
 
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Like say that the poster of the video does not own the rites to the music video, so they don’t actually own it. Plus when you watch it no royalties go to the artist and you are doing it for free. So is it actually stealing?
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Frequently, the bands and artists post them. Sometimes members post videos of concerts they have been to. They probably should not without permission, but most of the bands don’t seem too mind much because it’s publicity. SONY pulls them regularly if they own the rights.

I’m sure most of the individual artists who are living don’t mind – it’s the one’s whose work is owned by the record company or where the artist has died. You will find Jeff Buckley’s music is often pulled by SONY, though SONY has their own You Tube Channel. But if they can find them, they pull the ones put up by individuals. But then the individuals do have their own way of disguising JB from SONY.
 
Is it really wrong to watch a music video that has not been posted by the musician or music company? There is usually a link to buy the song underneath the video even if it is not posted by the musician or music company.
 
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Is it really wrong to watch a music video that has not been posted by the musician or music company? There is usually a link to buy the song underneath the video even if it is not posted by the musician or music company.
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If the link is to a legit site like itunes of amazon, then it’s fine. The artist gets his cut from legit sellers – in fact, if Amazon, for example, has stocked 100,000 copies of a CD, the artist, the music company, the producer, the songwriter have already been paid when Amzon bought the disks or the downloads for sale.

I watch the videos of those who upload them – regardless of who they are. As I said, SONY has a hard hand on anything they own.
 
I think if you go vevo or official both of those are put out by the bands
 
I do see the good intentions of your heart, however, I truly think it is scrupulous to worry about sinning when it comes to watching videos on youtube.
 
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