About a week ago a new, similar to YouTube service has been launched by Viacom’s MTV . MTVmusic.com is a very clean, simple, good looking site full of music videos only which vary from vintage videos like Elvis Presley’s “Baby I Don’t Care” to the most recent like Radiohead’s live videos “From The Basement“. Still there is an opinion that the majority of people will continue using YouTube for music videos. Here are some reasons why I strongly recommend MTVmusic:

1. On MTVmusic.com you have ability of watching full length music videos in good quality which is not quite true with YouTube, where you have to sort for hours good ones out of the trashy search results. I always get extremely nervous when instead of watching a music video I have to stare at some crappy slideshow made by a fan. I want REAL music videos and NOT fan art!
2. It’s much easier to search! I think you happened to face the problem of not knowing the proper spelling of a band/ song name (usually with the new ones) and on MTVmusic they have a feature of browsing bands by the first letter. Try to search for “R” or “S” on YouTube, I bet it will take you a month to bump into Radiohead or Sigur Ros. There is also a great feature of browsing videos by genre or poularity.
3. Today more than 16K music videos and live performances are waiting for you to watch them on MTVmusic.com. It’s all like good old MTV and you call the tune without even paying the piper!
4. A great feature on MTVmusic is exclusive unplugged and live videos. So far I’ve spent hours enjoying them.
5. And the greatest thing I love about MTVmusic is that there is no copyright violation there. Can anyone say the same about YouTube? I mean, they run that message saying: “Do not upload any TV shows, music videos, music concerts or commercials without permission unless they consist entirely of content you created yourself. The Copyright Tips page and the Community Guidelines can help you determine whether your video infringes someone else’s copyright.” But why do they have all those music videos then?

Anyway, I think there are many things about using YouTube for music videos to reconsider now, because copyright, ease and exclusiveness really matter. So, if you want your MTV - just go there and take it!