It's not youtube it's the music industry.
Did he use the whole song? If not. It's fair use. Did the song take over the full video? If not, it should be regarded as transformative, and thus no individual company should claim a full video when less than 5% is their copyright. Maybe not the legal definition but it should be
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No, length doesn't matter. Try find a single source that says 5 seconds is okay or anything like that. 'Transformative' for a song means 'cover', and you need a mechanical license for covers. I agree it shouldn't be like this, but it is, and being misinformed is dangerous.
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