And he ought to be damned grateful YouTube let him use their platform for free for as long as they did.
How many billions do you think they've invested in their technology?
Do you think Stefan has a right to use it for his benefit?
“Do you think Stefan has a right to use it for his benefit?”
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Yes. Refer to my comment hereabouts on “Restraint Of Trade”.
YouTube takes a cut of the monetized video.
He pays them through add review and for an account that loads “X” megabytes a month of content.
They make piles of money from the creators. Through their monopoly.
How many billions do you think they’ve invested in their technology?
Do you think Stefan has a right to use it for his benefit?
Less than the billions of dollars Youtube made from ads on videos stolen from the rightful copyright holders. You seem blissfully unaware of the ugly history of Youtube.
Do you think Youtube/Google had a right to build their business on stolen copyrighted material?