This comment makes no sense, Google does not own and operate satellites.
this is the part that would make google culpable in both the "youtube" part and the "satellite imagery" part, regardless of who took the photos.
If i find a youtube video and link/embed/whatever it to my website, and the government is mad about that, how is this my problem?
Put another way, if i take a satellite image of my neighbors house, print it, and put up flyers around my neighborhood...