It's simply not true that DMCA claims are covered by penalty of perjury, at least not in the way that nearly everybody thinks. The only part that is covered by

It's simply not true that DMCA claims are covered by penalty of perjury, at least not in the way that nearly everybody thinks. The only part that is covered by penalty of perjury is that the person making the claim is, or is authorised by, the copyright holder. This means that you commit perjury if you issue an otherwise legitimate DMCA claim for a work that is not yours, but you don't if you submit a completely false claim for a work that is. That part of the DMCA is just smoke a mirrors, designed to make the censorship regime look like it's fair and balanced.