Scape Scape:
Even if this was a troll he should have known better. I have seen him play countless clips with audio, even if it is only a few beats YT can be sued. No excuses.
Oh, I know it. They tried to shut down one of my clips because the background noise on one was from a radio station in Djbouti in 1991 was somehow playing a recent tune where the composer wasn't even born in 1991. Fighting bots is frustrating. And I can't even log on to that account now, because they want my phone number as 'verification'.
But fair use is still permitted, by the same laws that grant copyrights. He wasn't claiming the clips were his own, he wasn't trying to monetize them, and he shut them down when he realized they might be copyrighted. To shut the guy completely off for 2 weeks is why the trolls do it. They can never win the battle, but some temporary victory is better than none.