Removing the monetization option is one thing. It's not nice, but I think they have the right to say "this is a service where artists upload all their music..." If it had started that way, it wouldn't be terrible.
OTOH, allowing artists to use the tech to find infringing videos and deal with them by taking them down or leaving them up with a "song by xyz" credit shouldn't be contingent on this. That technology is Youtube's way of complying with copyright. It shouldn't go away if users don't participate in this program and agree to these onerous terms.
OTOH, allowing artists to use the tech to find infringing videos and deal with them by taking them down or leaving them up with a "song by xyz" credit shouldn't be contingent on this. That technology is Youtube's way of complying with copyright. It shouldn't go away if users don't participate in this program and agree to these onerous terms.
This is not Not Being Evil.