> the DMCA not only doesn't allow the processing organization to confirm the claimant owns the IP This isn't a correct way of understanding things. The DMCA

> the DMCA not only doesn't allow the processing organization to confirm the claimant owns the IP This isn't a correct way of understanding things. The DMCA is silent about what the hosting provider is "allowed" to do. It simply says that IF you take it down following a DMCA claim THEN you cannot be held liable for any infringement that occurred while you hosted it. If the claimant doesn't hold the copyright, then there can't have been any such infringement anyway. But yes: if you do your own due diligence about the IP ownership and get it wrong, then you can be found liable for copyright infringement. So most providers are trigger happy out of an abundance of caution.