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Re:YouTube: filmmakers presumed guilty until maybe proven in... by judge2020 on Monday October 18, 2021 @03:13PM (#28910152)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom_International_Inc._v._Y.... (from https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/technology/24google.html):

> Viacom said it was not seeking damages for any actions since Google put in its filtering system, known as content ID, in early 2008.

Obviously other media giants weren't going to let Viacom be the only one with access to this profit machine, so now pretty much all global media giants have access to Content ID.

Re:YouTube: filmmakers presumed guilty until maybe proven in... by didibus on Monday October 18, 2021 @03:57PM (#28910766)
This seems very relevant, Googled settled, and probably that involved the preemptive use of content ID.