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In March 2009, a dispute between YouTube and the British [[Royalties|royalty]] collection agency [[PRS for Music]] led to premium music videos being blocked for YouTube users in the United Kingdom. The removal of videos posted by the major record companies occurred after failure to reach agreement on a licensing deal. The dispute was resolved in September 2009.<ref>{{Cite news| title = Music videos back on YouTube in multi-million pound PRS deal|author=Barnett, Emma|work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6127624/Music-videos-back-on-YouTube-in-multi-million-pound-PRS-deal.html|date=September 3, 2009|accessdate=September 3, 2009 }}</ref> In April 2009, a similar dispute led to the removal of premium music videos for users in Germany.<ref>{{Cite news| title = Now YouTube stops the music in Germany|work=The Guardian |location=London | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/apr/01/youtube-digital-music-and-audio|date=April 1, 2009|accessdate=April 2, 2009 }}</ref>
==April FoolsEnded==
* '''2013:''' In YouTube 's sixth April Fools prank, YouTube claims that it will be no longer been accepting new entries. In a video, YouTube claims the video-sharing website was launched as a contest which has finally come to an end. YouTube will select a winner on April 1st, 2013 and will delete everything else. YouTube will go back online in 2023 and will have a winning video and nothing else. The video features a number of YouTube celebrities.<ref>{{citewill web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=H542nLTTbu0#t=64s |title=YouTube goesgo back online in 2023. |date=April 1, 2013 |work=Google YouTube Team |publisher=Google, Inc.|accessdate=April 1, 2013}}</ref>▼YouTube has featured an [[April Fools' Day|April Fools]] prank on the site on April 1 of every year since 2008:
* '''2008:''' All the links to the videos on the main page were redirected to [[Rick Astley]]'s music video "[[Never Gonna Give You Up]]", a prank known as "[[Rickrolling]]".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://techcrunch.com/2008/03/31/youtube-rickrolls-users/ | title=YouTube RickRolls Users | publisher=TechCrunch.com | date=March 31, 2008 | accessdate=April 2, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2008/03/31/youtube-rickrolls-april-fools-in/ | title=YouTube RickRolls April Fools In | publisher=RyanSpoon.com | date=March 31, 2008 | accessdate=April 2, 2010}}</ref>
* '''2009:''' When clicking on a video on the main page, the whole page turned upside down. YouTube claimed that this was a new layout.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.searchcowboys.com/news/453 | title=April fools: YouTube turns the world up-side-down | publisher=searchcowboys.com | date=April 1, 2009 | accessdate=April 2, 2010}}</ref>
* '''2010:''' YouTube temporarily released a "TEXTp" mode, which translated the colors in the videos to random upper case letters. YouTube claimed in a message that this was done in order to reduce bandwidth costs by $1 per second.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/03/textp-saves-youtube-bandwidth-money.html | title=TEXTp saves YouTube bandwidth, money | publisher=YouTube | date=April 1, 2010 | accessdate=April 2, 2010}}</ref>
* '''2011:''' The site celebrated its "100th anniversary" with a "1911 button" and a range of [[Photographic print toning|sepia-toned]] silent, early 1900s-style films, including "Flugelhorn Feline", a parody of [[Keyboard Cat]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/8421394/YouTube-goes-back-to-1911-for-April-Fools-Day.html| title=YouTube goes back to 1911 for April Fools' Day|work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London | date=April 1, 2011 | accessdate=April 1, 2011| first=Shane| last=Richmond}}</ref>
* '''2012:''' Clicking on the image of a DVD next to the site logo led to a video about "The YouTube Collection", an option to order every YouTube video for home delivery on [[DVD]], [[videotape|videocassette]], [[Laserdisc]], or [[Betamax]] tapes. The spoof promotional video promised "It's the complete YouTube experience completely offline."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123580/April-Fools-Day-2012-Google-YouTube-past-jokes.html| title=Simon Cowell's bromance, the self-driving Nascar and Hungry Hippos for iPad... the best April Fools' gags|work=The Daily Mail |location=London | date=April 1, 2012 | accessdate=April 2, 2012| first1=Pamela| last1=Owen|first2=Meghan|last2=Keneally}}</ref>
▲* '''2013:''' In YouTube's sixth April Fools prank, YouTube claims that it will be no longer been accepting new entries. In a video, YouTube claims the video-sharing website was launched as a contest which has finally come to an end. YouTube will select a winner on April 1st, 2013 and will delete everything else. YouTube will go back online in 2023 and will have a winning video and nothing else. The video features a number of YouTube celebrities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=H542nLTTbu0#t=64s |title=YouTube goes back online in 2023. |date=April 1, 2013 |work=Google YouTube Team |publisher=Google, Inc.|accessdate=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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