> ... even though the economic consequences of shutting down YouTube accounts is almost always inconsequential That's an interesting point of view. Another one

> ... even though the economic consequences of shutting down YouTube accounts is almost always inconsequential That's an interesting point of view. Another one would be that shutting down too many Youtube accounts like that will tarnish the Youtube brand itself and will encourage the use of alternatives like Vimeo. Any single account may be inconsequential, but becoming ban-happy won't exactly fix the problem either.