> How? They could either not be who they say they are and/or not located in the United States.
Require either US Identity papers or a corporate identity that is registered in the US in order to file a DMCA (or <country here> id/corpid for filing a <country specific> copyright claim)
Furthermore, tweaking the reporting times for DMCA would help:
1. Claim made, soft-takedown immediately (delist but don't remove)
2. Proceed to hard-takedown after 24 hrs if no counterclaim is made.
3. Counterclaim made, reinstate and inform original claimant.
4. Original Claimant can then either sue or obtain a court-ordered injunction.
5. Optionally Claimant can pay a nominal fee for "human decision-making" by Google or a mutually agreeable arbitrator.
6. Respondent has 14 days to file their own nominal fee to move it to arbitration or can proceed to countersue.
That's true. It did take the US 200 years to come to the correct interpretation of First Amendment being damn near absolute. Shameful as that delay was, we progressed in the right direction.
Require either US Identity papers or a corporate identity that is registered in the US in order to file a DMCA (or <country here> id/corpid for filing a <country specific> copyright claim)
Furthermore, tweaking the reporting times for DMCA would help: 1. Claim made, soft-takedown immediately (delist but don't remove) 2. Proceed to hard-takedown after 24 hrs if no counterclaim is made. 3. Counterclaim made, reinstate and inform original claimant. 4. Original Claimant can then either sue or obtain a court-ordered injunction. 5. Optionally Claimant can pay a nominal fee for "human decision-making" by Google or a mutually agreeable arbitrator. 6. Respondent has 14 days to file their own nominal fee to move it to arbitration or can proceed to countersue.