Originally Posted by gideongallery

except the guy makes the exact same money per view weather the music is uploaded by a pirate or by the artist themselves

The advertising revenue is per page view, it doesn't care if the page view comes from pirated copy or the authorized copy



compare that
record company puts copyright material on cd
record company sells cd to consumer

every dollar made is directly linked to the infringement

your own statement proves that it indirect they get the money from the advertisers,
that revenue exists weather the page in question is infringing or non infringing.

oh and btw the indirect nature is what made the vcr legal too
vcr at the time could be used for two purposed to copy stuff illegally (the manual actually warned against that)
or to timeshift content you paid for

the fact that some of the potential use was infringing didn't make the technology illegal
nor did it require them to put some sort of check before they sold the device to make sure it was not used for the illegal purpose.
Such an act would a have completely prevented timeshifting (how could you tell what i was going to do with it when i got home)