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> Google needs to know for sure that it's pirated (which is impossible at scale).

Google being informed by the copyright holder that it's for sure pirated is pretty good evidence that they know it's pirated.

The fact that this doesn't scale isn't really a legal defense.

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And they certainly have such a mechanism in place, indicating that they intend to take this kind of action. They're just failing to.

It’s not good evidence, because people issue false DMCA takedowns all the time. Which I presume they would point out in court.

Right, and the counter to that is "I tried to prove I was the copyright owner and they refused to comply".

In this case, it isn’t a false claim.

The author only needs to show up to court with a driver’s license to prove their identity. The judge would rule in favor of the author the same day if someone from Google actually bothered to show up.

A scammer isn’t going to court. Don’t try to solve for that.

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