• Vodulas [they/them]
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    109 months ago

    They literally explain it in the article.

    The platform uses the term “Auto-generated” since the videos are not uploaded directly by users. “YouTube auto-generates videos at scale [which it terms Art Tracks] for audio tracks delivered by record labels and distributors. Artists have to submit the recording, artwork and metadata to create Art Tracks,” a YouTube spokesperson wrote in an email statement to Bellingcat.

      • Vodulas [they/them]
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        79 months ago

        Looks like you commented a couple minutes before me, but it was two hours since your initial comment, so I did not expect you to find it at the same time.