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Originally Posted by slapass
I think the biggest issue is if Google has ads before illegal content then they are profiting from it. Opens them up more.
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That's pretty much the problem. It's not just the obvious illegal stuff like ripping parts of movies, videos, tv shows, whatever, but it's also all those musicians that are doing cover versions of songs with no royalties going back to record companies, artists, etc.
Youtube is going to face what MP3.com faced a bunch of years ago...eventually youtube will make that move towards regulating their content heavily...some sort of approval system will be put into place on all videos uploaded, just to avoid lawsuits, etc. That's really the main problem is regulating what gets uploaded.
When they start regulating though that's when youtube changes and becomes a little more generic feeling.