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Originally Posted by kane
Those are a couple of very good points. I guess then the questions are: What will come of the Viacom case? And if they win the case how long will they be willing wait to make a profit? They make enough money in their other things that they can carry this site for a long time if they want, but if profits in other areas start to wane they might start to see Youtube as an albatross around their neck.
Then again if they lose the Viacom case it is a whole new situation and making a profit will be the furthest thing from their mind, just keeping the site running will be difficult.
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The problem is neither side is forced to make this process any faster, Viacom can bust Google's balls to get the best conditions for something "official" and Google (Youtube) doesn't have any interest in stripping the site out of the rest of the content that's most searched (and so far also found) there.
I only wish this results in the DMCA being rewritten, although another hole in the law will most likely come up, at least it will not be so profane as DMCA is these days - DMCA is a joke.
In case you can actually claim something is illegal and prove someone makes a profit out of it, much easier to work out the scams and work on their hosts, SE's etc.