I should have been very clear that "silly legal matters" was meant tongue in cheek. I do not think that this is cool at all. You raise a good point. However, b

I should have been very clear that "silly legal matters" was meant tongue in cheek. I do not think that this is cool at all. You raise a good point. However, both Spotify and YouTube benefited from network effects and being the biggest guerrilla in the room. Can you remove the initial illegality from their later success, since the latter dependend on the prior? What seems inevitable is that some deal is made with major rights holders, the little guy gets screwed, as has happened before.