[mrguyorama]

The lawsuit with Viacom in the mid 2000s that could have basically killed the entire platform over copyright complaints with big studios. ContentID was a direct result of that lawsuit with the explicit goal of making sure google would never be held responsible for copyright violations.

The vast majority of "Copyright claims" on youtube are not DMCA takedowns.

Google doesn't require proof or ask for evidence or anything because they don't give a fuck about the rights of a creator. The entire goal of youtube's copyright programs are about the continuation of youtube as a profitable entity. They do that by purposely making it easy for big rightsholders to get what they want, and in the process have made it easy for strangers to bogus claim things and possibly get advertising revenue for a bit unless the creator has enough clout and access to youtube support reps to get it fixed.

[s1artibartfast]

Don't big rights holders also care about having their content taken down?