Strazdas said:
Its not a defense of youtube. Its like "we were telling you this for 3 years and only now you started caring".
Except they weren't employing shotgun style "Guilty until proven innocent/Scorched Earth" policies for those previous 3 years before folks started "caring". Certainly not to this magnitude.
The parameters of the problem have changed drastically, not to the point where it's noticeable, but where it's impossible NOT to notice.
Youtube is the Sheriff of Nottingham, laying down the law of King John.