I's assume that Google's follows the same strategy it always has. Optimize on technology rather than throw people at a problem. There's no way to objectively c

I's assume that Google's follows the same strategy it always has. Optimize on technology rather than throw people at a problem. There's no way to objectively check the validity of each claim in depth without a massive (and expensive) infrastructure of copyright specialists. Instead, they created tools that do a reasonable job of detecting copyright infringement. For the cases that can't be verified, an assumption can be made that most takedown requests are done in 'good faith'. If assumptions aren't good enough the cases can be tracked for statistical relevance. From the subset of takedown requesters, an even smaller subset will be cases where content was taken down maliciously and/or because it exists in a grey area between illegal/legal fair use. In those cases, take the content down defensively and consider a closer assessment if the user makes enough noise. They can't outright blacklist content creators because they're a commercial platform that draws revenue directly from those same content creators. At best, they could track and exploit the bad actors as leverage during contract negotiations. The reality is, for as much as MPAA and BMG threw at politicians to get the DMCA passed. It is pennies on the dollar compared to the cost of the infrastructure required to enforce copyright protection. ----- We need a logical fallacy to describe assumptions where (insert all seeing all knowing super organization)'s ability to magically affect change absent realistic constraints. Unlike technology, people-based solutions are very expensive and really don't scale well at all. It's like people who cry 'we need more oversight' into tracking government usage/spending when that oversignt often times can cost as much as the materials those people are responsible for tracking. Google has probably the best capability that mankind has ever witnessed to solve problems that can be solved with current technology. Unfortunately, not all problems can be solved with technology alone.