Pure BS. You can ignore legitimate DMCA notices, and there is no punishment for that per se at all. But then you are not immune from the contributory infringem

Pure BS. You can ignore legitimate DMCA notices, and there is no punishment for that per se at all. But then you are not immune from the contributory infringement liability in case it goes to court. If you obey the notice, then you cannot be sued. That is the difference. Spreading this false information here is actually harmful for the web community, since it encourages free speech suppression tactics by sending deficient copyright notices, by instilling fear in webmasters without access to proper legal resources. I wonder if your throwaway handle was created with that in mind. Also, the note in question is clearly defective, since it does not properly identify copyrighted material to be removed. The fact that Softlayer threatened to turn off the service due to a defective notice means that it cannot be used as a reliable ISP. Use FusionStorm, they actually read and comprehend DMCA notices, and in cases like this do not even contact their customers.