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Re:Pornhub just purged all unverified content from the platform by Andrex on Monday December 14, 2020 @12:51PM (#25420663)
What you may not realize is that if that "stolen" media is logged in ContentID, both Google and the proper rightsholders are making money by running ads off every view (if they decide not to block it outright.)

That's mostly why YouTube still exists.

Re:Pornhub just purged all unverified content from the platform by tbdenney on Monday December 14, 2020 @01:13PM (#25420998)
I believe many folks don't understand this and therefore wonder why random YT accounts can post clearly copyrighted material. Content owners can fairly easily capture the monetization of these videos even if its not under their account. Oftentimes it's best to just leave a video up especially if it has many views (and strong search visibility) and collect the $$ from the ads on it.