With the continuing assault upon YouTube to drop copyrighted material, it does seem to be a bad move by networks and studios that make come back to bite them.
If they decide to clear out all their stuff that make people talk and comment, what possible good can it do for them? If their only purpose is to turn YouTube into an online DVR, it's not going to help them much.
The one remaining question that will determine not only what YouTube is going to become, but whether it will survive without diminishing into 
a smaller niche business, is how much change will be demanded of it by the networks and studios. If all it does is regurgitate their TV or movie fare, then it is pretty much a DVR service. If they adopt the same technology that MySpace is about to adopt, users won't even be able to use music to include with their online video.
Part of the fun of YouTube, is that you can put up a video with music that you're not supposed to. Take away all of the fun, and what will remain? That will be the question that decides what YouTube will become, and whether it will turn into just another website that has little draw.
The deals are all being done behind the scenes now. What do you think YouTube's chances are?
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