> corporate copyright holders are happy with the setup since they can basically strike down anything they want without worry of legal repercussions (which DMCA

> corporate copyright holders are happy with the setup since they can basically strike down anything they want without worry of legal repercussions (which DMCA addresses). In practice they never have much to fear from legal repercussions. There are countless examples of DMCA notices sent by corporations in error, or sent for reasons such as suppressing criticism, or to find out a blogger's identity, or to try to extort money, or as an attack/DoS but I'm not aware of any CEO or corporate lawyer being charged with perjury. Even if someone wanted to fight a corporation in the court system they can't just prove that the DMCA notice wasn't valid, they also have to prove intent (that the corporation knew it was invalid when it was sent) and even if they manage to win, they'd be lucky to get enough money to cover their legal expenses (http://copyrightsandcampaigns.blogspot.com/2010/02/court-narrowly-construes-damages.html http://copyrightsandcampaigns.blogspot.com/2010/02/court-nar...)