There is such a thing as inducement. There is also such a thing as innovation. The big question for Google the new owner’s of YouTube is whether providing a technology that allows others to upload their video clips for everyone to share, where there is little or no monitoring of who actually owes the copyright to the videos. Has YouTube opened a Pandora’s Box, or has it simply gone the way of the VCR and allowed a video footage to be displayed and replayed time and time again.

There is the US Supreme Court's decision in the Grokster which creates liability to any company who provides a means to intestinally allow others to violate copyright. However, that case dealt with a for profit company. YouTube was not such a company before the Google purchase, but now with the $400+ dollar a share juggernaut behind it, YouTube may just fall into the area of a Naptser file sharing and not a Sony VCR.