How should we balance benefits

(I reposted this comment to make it easier for everyone to review.)

I agree with many other commentators that Viacom filed the lawsuit against YouTube as they want to use such lawsuit as a negotiating chip or bargaining tools. In my opinion, what they really want is to put the burden of policing infringing materials on website to YouTube. This idea is annoying to me. This type of conglomerate which have gained so much benefits (which, in my opinion, too much) from us should be able to spend some money to do such policing without a fuss.

I do not care much about YouTube as they (with Google) have more than enough money to pay for any damages and will be able to generate more money in the future after the case is settled or final. I believe Google have done due diligence thoroughly before they decided to purchase YouTube and saw this type of lawsuit coming. I am worried for the smaller with lower budget websites that will have to get the burden of policing their websites should Viacom can successfully force YouTube, one way or another, to policing its website. It would be a sad story if these small websites are forced eventually forced to close down.