Ah OK, it was written as if it was a primarily technological cost to perform the "filtering" that was prohibitive.

They mean then they can't afford the system if their anticipated penalties are imposed && if they fail to catch unlicensed works && are subsequently sued successfully for large amounts && can't recover those costs from the uploader.

How many microseconds would it be after such a regulation passed that media mega corps would pull the trigger and kill the goose-that-laid-the-golden-eggs.

>you not only need a ContentID system //

How does the Directive specify that, I'm afraid I haven't read it yet.