He used nothing of the original (aside from lyrics), therefore it is fair use. For something to be fair use it has to be transformative from the original work. In the end, Roomie is in the right, and Billie's publisher is actually doing something illegal.
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Exactly. The community has told YouTube about many issues for years... nothing has happened except for changes we don't need.
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YouTube was almost sued out of existence by Viacom ($1 billion) for copyright infringement. That was the whole reason why the Content ID system was introduced. I get it, it's frustrating, but the costs of making a new broken system could be devastating, so it takes time.
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, it's the big music companies abusing the broken copyright system. If YouTube were to make a proper, working system, the companies would lose out on huge profits and would either sue them into the ground or pull out of advertising.