But if you didn't contribute to the cost of making those guinea pig noises, however small they may seem, you don't have the right to that access that content infinitely.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11422763
It probably makes sense for me to formulate the argument properly and write it up at some point.
In this particular instance - I'm not sure that the amount paid is relevant - the desires of the publishers would be, which doesn't necessarily include payment (otherwise no-one would publish under GPL). It's potentially a violation of the ToS of YouTube - I wouldn't know, I use a commandline tool which bypasses the web interface entirely.
Sorry Google! I'm sure you'll do OK. (Do you have a donation address? :P)
And my views personally represent my own, not an organization, which is why I don't hide behind a dinosaur name :)
We'll have to agree to disagree. :)
Maybe you should switch to username non-sequitursaurus :)