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Accepting a DMCA complaint doesn't mean it's factual or valid. It simply means the content is removed for 14 days, if a valid counternotice is submitted and no

• pdonis 6y ago
  > Accepting a DMCA complaint doesn't mean it's factual or valid. Yes, it does, because the content gets taken down. That means treating the content as if it does infringe copyright. That means treating the claim of infringement as valid. Saying "well, we aren't accepting it as valid, but we're still taking down the content anyway" is just sophistry. Taking down the content is accepting the claim as valid, or would be in any sane legal regime. But we don't live in a sane legal regime.