As I expected, it didn't mention the fortitude they had to fend of lawsuits over the copyrighted clips that were prevalent early on. That alone drove a large pa

As I expected, it didn't mention the fortitude they had to fend of lawsuits over the copyrighted clips that were prevalent early on. That alone drove a large part of the growth. On the flip side, a more subtle point that held them back a bit was an overwhelming community sense of _not_ linking to youtube videos in many discussion forums, because it seemed like unnecessary advertising for their brand. That sentiment was short lived due to the soon to be overwhelming benefit of those aforementioned copyrighted hosted clips.