There's some speculation on the Ars forum that if UMG aren't just making this up, their contract with Google could call into question YouTube's status as a prim

There's some speculation on the Ars forum that if UMG aren't just making this up, their contract with Google could call into question YouTube's status as a primarily user-generated content-based site, and perhaps render them ineligible for DMCA safe harbor protection. I just read some of DMCA Title II/OCILLA, and although it's mostly over my head, I'm not sure if I see how signing a contract with UMG allowing them to issue non-DMCA takedowns at will puts YouTube in breach of the safe harbor requirements. Anyone with some DMCA expertise care to weigh in?