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> but when it's a case by case basis of whether or not there is a copyright issue it does not make sense to take files down en masse.

I disagree.

If you're hosting copyrighted material that I own, and I file a DMCA, I'd expect you to remove that material from the server / to stop hosting it.

You just don't get to keep the data file and hide it behind more links.

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Hopefully they also remove the one they're hosting for you, the copyright holder.

If I had files in dropbox for personal use removed because someone filed a DMCA request against the same file someone else was sharing with everyone I'd be rather annoyed. Especially in the day of digital downloads.

Just because 1 upload is using it in an infringing manor doesn't mean all of them are.

In that case, I'd be hosting my download somewhere else.

You appear to be confusing how the law really is with how you wish it were.

You just don't get to keep the data file and hide it behind more links.

Why not? (A genuine question, btw. I'd be interested in any tested case law.)

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