> They have a legal responsibility to respond to these copyright claims, with major penalties if they don't -- this is from DMCA and its successors This wasn't

> They have a legal responsibility to respond to these copyright claims, with major penalties if they don't -- this is from DMCA and its successors This wasn't just a DMCA take-down of specific material (which for it's faults, does have an appeal process and some legal remedies.) This was a complete account ban imposed by Google, where the only functioning appeal process is going viral on twitter. While we do need to change the DMCA to hold issuers of fraudulent or abusive take requests more responsible, in this instance we also need to hold Google responsible for choosing to create an automated copyright strike/ban system that is clearly ripe for abuse and that does not have a functional appeal processes for the average user.