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> They know that with enough reports in a short period of time they can get the content removed for a while

This can be accomplished with bogus dmca notices too. Since google gets such a high volume of notices the default action is just to shoot first and ask questions later. Alarmingly, there are 0 consequences (financial or legal) for sending bogus dmca notices

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Action against DMCA abusers has happened in a few instances, but it's still largely an unsolved problem without sufficient deterrence from abuse.

https://techhq.com/news/dmca-takedown-notices-case-in-califo...

it is a weapon the music industry wanted, but now has this unintended consequence.

I think it's high time google stopped acting as judge jury and executioner in the court of copyright enforcement.

The law says they have to.

The law also says a counter claim can be immediately filed. Google don’t follow that part.

Google has nothing to do with filing a counter claim except accepting it if filed. The content owner is the only one who is allowed to file it.

Google do not immediately reinstate on counter claims.

They shouldn’t, because the original claimant has 10-14 days (depending on exact timing) to sue. If they don’t, they reinstate. Which considering many other folks it can take 6 months…

[https://copyrightalliance.org/education/copyright-law-explai...]

Not saying Google is good or anything, but this is well trod ground at this point.

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