The creators have, or had, all of the data when they uploaded the video to have it mangled by YouTube. Why would they throw out the masters, and why should YouT

The creators have, or had, all of the data when they uploaded the video to have it mangled by YouTube. Why would they throw out the masters, and why should YouTube (or anyone else) be in the business of worrying if creators still have their masters? Here we are again, counselling users to backup their own shit...20+ years later they are now using someone else's computer to store files and act dumbfounded when their data is lost.