no, I've found many an album on youtube that isn't anywhere else and was uploaded by a random guy 10 years ago

What? I find plenty of jazz and classical music on youtube. yt-dlp -x is your friend.

I find it amusing that youtube can be the source of my "pirated" music and get away with it. But the piratebay guys got their lives smashed to pieces.

But that I guess, is our civilization today. One set of rules for politicians and corporations, and one set for the slaves.