Ever wonder why some YouTube videos have embedding disabled? Here’s part of the explanation, albeit from a band’s perspective, not a label’s.
Essentially, the labels want a cut every time the video is played. A deal was cut giving them a small fee, but the catch is that they only get the fee when the video is watched on the YouTube site. Thus, no embedding.
The bandmember who wrote this Op/Ed explains what’s happened to the volume of the group’s videos as a result. It ain’t pretty.