Re:YouTube's Copyright Protection System Is a Mess
by TeMPOraL on Sunday December 23, 2018 @05:39AM
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> The current system was born of that and nobody gives a hoot about the small/medium players who get screwed over by the insanity.
No surprise there. Encouraging small creators may have been necessary at some point, to increase user base, but at this point it's the creators that are compelled to be on YouTube, because that's where the audience is. Meanwhile, as long as the big labels upload their official music videos to YouTube, the userbase is pretty much guaranteed.
Basically, at some point this conversation happened:
Label: We don't want to upload our music to YouTube because we're afraid of piracy.
YouTube: We promise that won't be a problem. We'll work with you to ensure you'll be happy with the state of things on YouTube.
The current system was born of that and nobody gives a hoot about the small/medium players who get screwed over by the insanity.