Listening to opponents and supporters of YOUTUBE argue is like listening to ELLA FITZGERALD and LOUIS ARMSTRONG sing. She says tomato, he says tomahto, and it's not clear in the end if either (or EYEther) of them really wants to call the whole thing off. IRVING AZOFF in an open letter to YOUTUBE last week: "The only way for an artist to keep a song off YOUTUBE is for that artist to send YOUTUBE a notice every time that song is uploaded by a different user. It is impossible." YOUTUBE power user HANK GREEN in an open reply: "If you don’t want your song on YOUTUBE, upload it into the ContentID database and issue a blanket takedown for all videos using that song. Boom. Done." So there. You say yes, I say no. I'm not even sure if this cool gadget which translates foreign languages in real time would help with this conversation, because it's not an actual conversation, just a neverending game of rock scissors potato potahto. We've compiled the ongoing volley of open letters in our REDEF MusicSET "Dear YOUTUBE...," and we'll add more as they come in, or until someone issues a blanket takedown... Elsewhere on the online royalties front, KOBALT CEO WILLARD AHDRITZ talks about his company's new real-time digital royalties app, and the NATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION and digital distributor DUBSET MEDIA HOLDINGS have signed a deal that potentially creates a new royalty stream for DJ mixes... Explaining how DR. LUKE's KEMOSABE RECORDS can block KESHA from performing on this weekend's BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS, the NEW YORK TIMES reports that "the broadcast of KESHA’s live performances fall under her contracts with the producer." KESHA's mom has something to say about that... In the REDEF FashionSET "The Ethics of IVY PARK," we explore the complicated debate surrounding the production of BEYONCÉ's IVY PARK activewear in SRI LANKAN sweatshops... Thousands of downloadable hip-hop mixtapes... RIP BELL WITCH's ADRIAN J. GUERRA.