"If YouTube or RIAA want to protect their precious content" You are giving YouTube motivation of protecting content but part of Yout's argument is that YouTube

"If YouTube or RIAA want to protect their precious content" You are giving YouTube motivation of protecting content but part of Yout's argument is that YouTube hasn't claimed the measures in question are intended to be protection measures. YouTube didn't even file an amicus brief in this case claiming such. Something I'm sure the RIAA would have put pressure on them to do.