There's an adversarial relationship there. We have ample evidence that rightsholders often overstep their legal bounds, demanding takedowns for fair use or eve

There's an adversarial relationship there. We have ample evidence that rightsholders often overstep their legal bounds, demanding takedowns for fair use or even stuff they literally don't own. Giving them an easier way to browse their catalog could well increase the number or scale of bad-faith removal requests. I could frankly see some firms that imagine if they got the right tools, they could legal-DoS YouTube to death, and obviously all the former viewers would come running to their $15-per-month walled-gardens.