[shadilay]

Viacom had lawyers and YT creators did not, therefore they did not have a seat at the table when YT's draconian copyright system was created.

[pavon]

No what happened is that YT creators were found to be blatantly and directly infringing on copyright by uploading copyrighted video themselves. As a result they had to accept unbalanced settlement terms negotiated from a position of weakness.

[shadilay]

I have never seen any evidence that "they", YT creators, had any input in the YT copyright system. There was no negotiation. YT is afterall a contract of adhesion.