Sure. This problem is as old as the Internet.

The difference is that now there's a way to make censorship resistant payments.

What's the point of having freedom money and privacy tools if you are just not going to use that freedom and privacy anyway? (exaggeration)

The concern is valid. What's left to figure out is how to do it without that risk. Or in a way that the cost of enforcement exceeds the benefit (as in a lot of random plebs all over the world).

bitcoin

Embrace Piracy, Kill YouTube: A Decentralized Video Protocol

> Who's ready to make piracy profitable and kill YouTube's business model?

[You mean who's ready to risk their freedom for a few sats?](https://legalbeagle.com/8335872-consequences-dmca-violation.html)

> **Criminal Penalties**
>
> Copyright violators of the DMCA face large fines and imprisonment. A defendant faces a fine of up to $500,000, up to five years in jail, or both a fine and jail for a first offense. Repeat offenders may be fined up to $1,000,000, as long as ten years in prison, or both a fine and prison. Criminal violation of the DMCA occurs when the defendant willfully violated the law for commercial or personal financial gain, such as selling "cracked" copies of copyrighted software.