Don't kid yourself, any other commercially successful VOD platform will have the exact same problem. A startup might squeak by under the radar for a while, but as soon as it gets critical mass, it won't be long before it gets encumbered by all this regulatory "fun".
Youtube's takedown process goes WAY beyond what the DMCA requires. Youtube is the bitch of / in bed with the big media companies.
Edit: Oh someone already posted it here, sorry.
Maybe also some blockchain based system where uploads are physically impossible to take down. That's going to be interesting to see the results for court case wise, just like it'll be if illegal content ends up on the Bitcoin one.