Dang, that's a true vent.
But just to ensure you're pointing your justified rage in the right direction -- YouTube is essentially legally forbidden to stop copyright trolls. The DMCA makes it impossible: it spells out extremely specific terms for what YT has to do when it receives a claim, including, basically, the assumption of guilt. The content has to come down as soon as they receive the claim or they're in violation of the law, even if it's obviously frivolous. And there's little to no recourse against those who abuse the system.
The DMCA and copyright law in general is just broken, basically
Idk, most navigation would be along or close to the ecliptic plane of the system, wouldn't it