Covering pop hits on Youtube can pay the bills

Youtube has become this generation's MTV, but with a huge additional artist base.  Unknown musicians have achieved mainstream success when their videos go viral.  Amateurs air their tapes in hopes of being discovered.  And now these cover-musicians are starting to see the payoff -- in cash.  They sing to millions, instead of the dozens in the audience at the bar.  But there are copyright complications with making money from songs that other people wrote (or own the rights to).  Listen to an in-depth story about Youtube music economics, and how the rules are changing, on the latest episode of Youth Radio Podcast.