Why YouTube's PRS spat is just one battle in the coming online music war

Google's opposition to proposed new UK music rates may look like just public posturing, as private negotiations continue. But it's only one instance of what may become an increasingly fractious tug 'o war between online services and the music business in the next few months. Almost uniquely, YouTube's 2007 blanket deal with PRS For Music was inked outside of the "joint online license"...