> "Blocking" is their spin for youtube not agreeing to licence their videos for a higher rate thus resulting in them being taken down.

End difference for consumer? None. Plus, you still haven't cited any sources, just speculation based off an admittedly single-sourced article.

> Youtube can't simply just take down videos that are legal and fully owned by their willing uploader.

Sure they can. And they do, all the time. Content Protection has nothing to do with the legality of the video. Part of the uploading EULA is that it's up to Google to decide when something goes up or comes down.