I wanna talk about the original premise of this thread:

'YouTube was taken over by google and now videos are being removed by the tens of thousands each day for issues dealing with copyrighted songs.'

Tens of thousands? I have done a little checking, and I don't find any evidence of this. Yes, videos are removed sometimes, but there's nothing about tens of thousands.

YouTube says it will remove a video if an authorized person protests. For tens of thousands of videos to go, a big staff would have to be dealing with a large number of people. Is there any evidence this is occurring?

I suspect this is just another rumor designed to get people upset. Coyote Waits....