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Google appear to host loads of infringing works (both as files and in YouTube) ... surely for both them and IA they're protected as long as they take down in response to properly formed and evidenced DMCA requests?

Unless you're suggesting this isn't user uploaded but is being put there by staff?

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YouTube has built a whole content ID and revenue sharing agreements as a direct result of getting sued nearly into oblivion by numerous organizations. Most "infringing works" on YouTube are permitted under an agreement laying out revenue sharing with the rights holder, and if not, is flagged and taken down when found.

None of that is in place with IA and I fear their laissez-faire attitude in this current climate is gonna bite them in the ass.

The suggestion is that the staff know that there is infringing material being hosted. Youtube can point to the billions of dollars they've invested into building content id, continually working to resolve the problem.

This is interesting, because Youtube staff know they're infringing too -- the expense is something that IA can't afford, but they then get to claim they're doing something. A shield of money. And why does Youtube have all that money; in part because of historic copyright infringement.

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