>I still do not understand why no one has the balls to go up
>against google though. Youtube is the largest streaming
>service AND piracy service in the game... yet no one blinks an
>eye at them.


The labels and the artists are deep into having their official vids on youtube and VEVO..........so it would seem to be a tricky balancing act of: "We (the record companies/artists) want nothing more to do with you, Youtube/Google", and "uh, could you (Youtube) please put this brand new vid on your site?". I would guess the artist and labels are getting ad venue from official youtube vids (there are ads on youtube vids).


The artists/labels know they can get any unofficial vid pulled off of youtube (and have the person who posted it account deleted after several repeat situations), so the question is "why aren't more artists like Prince (and Jimi Hendrix's estate) who get vids pulled off of youtube regularly?"