Content creators on YouTube might as well be stuck at an empty carousel, waiting to claim their videos in order to prevent piracy. The site's Claim Your Content tool, announced last April, was promised to arrive in September. A month late, it has obviously been delayed. Or could it be intentionally missing in action? While there's been speculation that Google is holding back to delay the day when it would have to share ad revenues with video creators, other believe that there's software trouble — that Google took on a bigger task than anticipated. After all, once Google removes a video from YouTube, wouldn't it also have to remove all references to specific clips from its search engine and ad network? Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by biting off more than you can chew. (Photo by Denise Chan)

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