are you sure it's monetized? it may just be the ads that are automatically added from the content ID and which go toward the copyright owner.
most music isn't able to be monetized without altering its properties.
i'd say they'd most likely get away with it though if it's not obvious enough for copyright holders to find, but other than that, mashups of clips or pics or gifs etc. are usually fine to monetize unless they're of movies or tv shows or something.