The article and the comments here make it clear YouTube is saying the cost of following the law, not the cost of breaking it, is the thing that would be too exp

The article and the comments here make it clear YouTube is saying the cost of following the law, not the cost of breaking it, is the thing that would be too expensive. Following the law being the cost of following up on the copyright owners of every piece of content before allowing it to be viewed, unlike now where they let it upload and only take action if there is an infringement reported.