Youtube wants to have the right to profit from the contents of its service, but it doesn't want to be held responsible for damages the content causes. A landlo

Youtube wants to have the right to profit from the contents of its service, but it doesn't want to be held responsible for damages the content causes. A landlord who leases his premises to the bar owner for a fixed sum per month is not responsible for the behavior of drunk customers. He's just renting the premises. But the bar owner who makes money on the drinks should be responsible. The law should assign responsibility to Youtube in a similar way. If Youtube is merely a "landlord" it should not be held responsible for copyright infringement. If, however, it profits from the individual videos that are uploaded, it's hard to see why it should not also bear the loss caused by copyright infringement.