youtube and copyrighted music
 

What's the deal with youtube and sites like it that have tons of copyrighted music? How are they getting away with it, yet the RIAA sues any college student they can for D/ling mp3's.

maybe they were waiting for someone with deep pockets to purchase it first

yea but it makes no sense at all, because the RIAA didn't care if you had money before.. They were going after every broke college student they could. Was no real money in it for them back then.

So why are they being so quiet about all the video sites? Specially when several of them have big money behind them.

ask Larry, he'll be able to tell why they put 500 million at the side to pay the music and movie industry for copyright infringement

That's exactly my question. I was also wondering how youtube works.