Ok, understand that if you think that way, seems like you are right.
Imo he can just change the approach to fit the criteria of whoever those ppl are, and not decline reward; after all, some work is done and some time spent in the process of searching and contemplating about the songs.
large account holders here on Hive simply feel that you are making money off someone else's work
Irony...bcs that is exactly what they are doing.
Somewhat ironic yes, on Hive there are two participants, the author and curator. However, if the author adds in material from a third party, then there are three participants, and the third participant does not get curated at all.
True. On the other hand, in the area outside the Hive, third part also get some reward: more clicks, more likes or more subscribers on, in this case, YT.
Now, let.s take food photos as an example: I went to a restaurant, made photo of a very nice food/drink and posted it; this food is not my original content,restaurant made it and did not get any reward, while I got many upovotes; is that ok? Based on what I have seen many times, it is, no complaints about originality. Chances of someone visit given restaurant (sometimes not even mentioned which) for ppl from Hive is not very high, not to say almost none, so no reward for the skillful cook; chances some will visit band song or/and site are much higher.
Think we should not look things black/white, reality is more complicated :/