It’s certainly true that YouTube has become a free public jukebox. Just last night, my wife and I were playing name that tune with a playlist of the Billboard Hot 100 from 1998, which is composed almost exclusively of songs that we (1) would never, ever consider purchasing, and (2) remembered much more immediately and…

My main issue with this is that this is not about paying artists what they’re worth (for which I am very much in favor). This is about changing the nature and purpose of rights laws to better support large corporations in the changing landscape of the internet.