[stale2002]

> then youtube needs to be paid a portion of gov't taxes.

No actually. The way society works is we can just force them to do it, via the law.

It is our right as citizens to change the law.

[chordalkeyboard]

I think its entirely reasonable for YouTube to be compensated if the polity concludes that they maintain a useful public service by providing a place for people to share videos and they adhere to reasonable objective guidelines on what content to permit and remove.