An engineer suggests an engineering solution to a bunch of lawyers who came up with a lawyer solution.
Haha -- well if the problem is in the domain of the internet, might as well go to the people in the internet world, no?
Sure, but try convincing the lawyers of that.
Everyone's got their own brand of hammer, and they're absolutely convinced that it'll hammer any kind of nail you throw at them.
As many have said: Don't legislate. Innovate!
I'm pretty sure they already use this software and that's how they automate finding youtube videos. But then people speed them up, add little watermarks, etc. to make them harder to find.