So why does Google bother with the false-positive heavy with draconian penalties ContentID stuff then?
Oh, because Record Companies are still bigger than people who create content for YouTube.
Oh, because Record Companies are still bigger than people who create content for YouTube.
If blame for the excesses of curation couldn't be offloaded to third parties, creators could form a class for enterprising attorneys.
Sure, it's also good to have a ready defense against litigious record companies, but large firms don't have to have just one reason for doing things in particular ways. It is easy to imagine an alternative to the "ContentID" system that would be less capricious and would still make record companies happy.