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YouTube is a really interesting case. I'm probably not unique in thinking they were going to go the way of Napster given how much of the content of YouTube 1.0 infringed copyrights. It operated in a time when "user-generated content" wasn't nearly as big a thing and certainly wasn't monetizable for the most part.

I doubt they'd have made it out the other side had Google not acquired them.

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Copyright infringement is still big in Youtube. It is flooded with stolen content. Big things The Simpson or Family guy or even full films. But also compilation channels from other Youtubers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRwTep1kvrw

But youtube has mechanisms to remove monetisation from the uploader and funnel it to the rights-holder.

I haven't read the proposed EU regulation, and it sounds like there's a bunch more stuff in it.

It would have been nice if Techdirt had a clear link to the proposal.

I completely agree with you.

Some channels get some money before they get closed though.

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