
Earlier this week the high-definition music video system Vevo, a joint project of Universal, Sony, and EMI, launched during a massive party including John Mayer, 50 Cent and Mariah Carey, among others.
The public reaction to Vevo, however, has been underwhelming to say the best. Hypebot reports that, upon launch, users who attempted to use the site encountered several errors and were unable to find a bevy of music that is easily available on YouTube. At CNet, Matt Rosoff complained that his attempt to watch a U2 video stalled at 80 percent, and he is far from the only one complaining.
As promised YouTube is working with Vevo, as viewers of YouTube music videos that are owned by those three labels are redirected to Vevo. However, the lack of artists such as the Beatles, the Pixies, Led Zepplin and Animal Collective means that users probably won't be defecting from YouTube anytime soon. [Hypebot]
Yes, it totally sucks. I agree. Stalls, errors, and server takes too long. Didn't they beta this site before launch? grumble grumble... probably running on Windows.
kathvdw
Vevo and youtube can suck a big fat one! they havent re directed youtube videos to vevo. They open as a vevo video. 1/2 the time its slow as hell, and the other half if says I cant load it up in my country. IM IN THE US and VEVO ONLY WORKS FOR THE US!! BOYCOTT THEM BOTH> YOUTUBE SCREWED UP A GOOD THING!
james
I redid all my playlist videos with Vevo and now it tells me they dont' work in my country. This is why people steal music
plushpuppy
vevo sucks, plain and simple
vevosucks
Not pushing decency league or anything like that, but Vevo's links to porn videos on youtube. Its a conspiracy dammit. This Vevo is defenetly is run by some child rapists. Protect your decency and steal your music NOW.
Vevo is Hitler
It's all just another attempt at controlling "artist" rights (if "artist" is really the best use of the word in this context). You see, these cocksuckers smell their billions turning into millions and because of this, the coal that was stuck in their puckered holes is now turning into a diamond--they're just trying to control piracy and the like through a mass attack approach. Sony has done this for years through it's pathetic blank media (CD-Rs, etc.) and do you honestly believe that the others are going to change their ways? Duh...
It's all a big lie. All of it. They're businesses--they live off lies.
Wolf_22
Youtube is slowly going down hill do to corporate exploitation. So much good material is being removed because of minor copy right infringement. The bourgeoisie has a strangle hold over the music, media, and arts.
UNITE!
Lucifer
vevo videos don't even buffer, they stream!!!
there is no way of going to a point in a video, without having to wait for 5 mins for it load...
vevo sucks
Vevo is by far the slowest thing i've ever encountered.
No media should have to wait this long to load.
F u c k you Corporate America.
I hope someone hacks Vevo and destroys everything.
Ih8vevo
Territorial restrictions suck hardcore. This is one reason why people will torrent and do other stuff like that.
mmunson
VEVO slows my ENTIRE computer down. I can't do anything while a video is running. Sure my computer is older but it plays most games with no issues and youtube with none.
Dyne
VEVO BLOWS!
RIOT!!!
Vevo needs to go. What a bunch of bull. Why do they have to change everything?? Music videos were fine without Vevo.
Rage
Vevo kill urself....
FML
Yeah Vevo sux big times. For a big azz company they sure dont have variety of music videos. Here is one everybody can go to and thank me later
defSpot com
Oh yeah..did I mention they got all of Prince music videos on there too
jon
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your mom
One day, I clicked on a vid in YouTube and this Vevo stuff pops up.... of course while I'm waiting for my video to load....and waiting...and waiting.... WTF? Why is it so slow? Was your corporation too cheap or stupid to invest in decent servers and technology? Did you test this stuff on T1 lines or something? How morbidly stupid are you?
If any of you corporate Vevo focus group people are checking out comments, think about this comment.
Vevo sucks. It's another example of freedom killed by corporate greed and control. Sh*t, if you're gonna control stuff at least have rockin' fast servers instead of just controlling and being dog-ass slow.
What a disappointment. Thanks to Vevo, I'm not excited to look for vids anymore because I know what'll happen. I'll see Vevo pop up... and that's when I will simply close my browser to spare myself the frustration and mutter some foul sh*t to myself.
Chris
I went to youtube to watch a couple of old Europe videos from the 80's. It seems they have ALL been shut down by Sony and rehosted on this awful youtube wannabe, Vevo, and they don't even work..
F*ck your sh*t Sony, i'm downloading the entire album now because you idiots don't know jack about how to market yourselves in the modern era. It's not f*cking 1930 anymore, you can no longer print sh*t on vinyl and think you can sell it for 500 times its worth! Your business model is f*cking DEAD and your businesses will fail if you don't do something about it you fools!
Herbert
Update 25 Mar 2010: Vevo still sucks. I'm now clear on the concept - Sony doesn't want this to work. They're not out to revolutionize the model, they're out to kill it. Lawsuits are bad PR, so they've taken over and will make sure you don't want to get your music this way.
Hiernonymous
I immediately hit the back button whenever I see that effing vevo logo. I will not sit through the slow download or watch a stupid ad. I HATE VEVO!!!
Brian
vevo is too intrusive and not as user friendly. Whenever we can, we try and replace a vevo favorite with a conventional 'you tube'. Note to parasites, if you're going to reinvent the wheel... MAKE IT BETTER!
duke
you tube get ride of vevo, before you go out of business!! I'm no longer watching you tube or your commerci to late, stopped watching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
scott
I hate this VIVO.... IT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully it will go away and so will Microsoft's BING...... Haaaa
Matt
I LOVE MY VEVO PRODUCT... OH WAIT THAT IS SARCASM.
***** VEVO AND THIS BULLSPIT. VEVO SUCKS A BLACK RICHARD. I HOPE WHOEVER THOUGHT OF THE VEVO FALLS INTO A BUCKET OF AIDS.
vevo president
youtube has given into the big corporate executives at the record companies to get a few extra bucks but if they don't get rid of vevo it will surely be the down fall of a company that had been a great success and another thing i don't want to watch fuc-king commercials before and between my music videos ads on the side that's fine but not interfering with my music
kevin
I hate vevo. It is slowly destroying the youtube free video viewing world. In my country many vevo-redirected videos within youtube are blacked out by youtube themselves because of rights conflicts. Someone has to start a revolution within youtube to cure the problem.
bert
I'm not from the US or Canada, Hence, I CANNOT watch even an old nineties music video on youtube .Why? Because I get this vaguely discriminatory message stating that the video is NOT AVAILABLE in my country.Thanks VEVO.
It's like piracy only existed outside the US and Canada, and the rest of us in the world are a bunch of bloody thieves.
Bullet Witch
Vevo seriously needs to piss off. None of it's music is available in my country on my phone. On my pc youtube, it's so bloody slow it's not funny, and I frequently change my search words to bring up the same music from a real person posting it. I make playlists, to only have to change them a week later because Vevo's found the bloody link. Someone, PLEASE hack their servers and make them disappear, or I too, will join the majority of torrent users.
Queenofb
Vevo is the Biggest Virus who ruins the copyright of the videos!!
even here in the phil. i can't watch the other videos!! owh F*** S*** Vevo are!!!!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpG3BxRctQ4
damn!