Until there is a financial penalty for wrongful use of the DMCA this type of thing will continue.
They use robots to create reports (maybe not in this case) because for them there is simply zero downside.
That downside needs to exist.
They use robots to create reports (maybe not in this case) because for them there is simply zero downside.
That downside needs to exist.
So there the problem is that Youtube gives preferential treatment to their more profitable users, they don't have to submit a legal document to Youtube, they just flag the content and are done.
I bet there was never even a human in this particular loop.
EDIT: Of course the ContentID system probably circumvents that entirely because technically your content is taken down automatically rather than because of a DMCA claim. Even though the effect on the uploader is the same: impacting the monetisation of a video they may have invested a significant amount of time into. If anything it's worse because there is no built-in way to counter-claim or claim damages (without directly going to court).
In any case a simple air date sanity check would have prevented this particular case.