The difference is that keeping cockroaches out of candy bags is a much more black-and-white problem that can be solved by following the same unchanging set of s

The difference is that keeping cockroaches out of candy bags is a much more black-and-white problem that can be solved by following the same unchanging set of steps every time. Moderating and distinguishing copyright material requires awareness of a lot of abstract and often arbitrary rules and is prone to being done incorrectly. I am not defending this, it is for sure a shitty situation and is exactly why things like Youtube suck when it comes to DMCAs, but I am clarifying that it is a non-trivial issue with no easy solution that is brought on by the DMCA being ripe for abuse. It's just the reality of the thing. Moderation at that scale is probably never going to graduate from being shitty purely because of the nature of the problem.