> I wonder if the law will allow for any penalties or restrictions against a rightsholder who "mistakenly" claims that every piece of user-uploaded media on a w

> I wonder if the law will allow for any penalties or restrictions against a rightsholder who "mistakenly" claims that every piece of user-uploaded media on a website is infringing their copyright. It presumably will once some small-time company copyright strikes a big company's media, or, equivalently, some pressure group tries to censor speech it considers harmful (same-sex relationships, media they consider blasphemous) using the copyright strike as a weapon. Once Disney or some big French content owner gets their hand slapped a few times, the law will be brought into line.