I've been with Linode for a little over five years and a satisfied customer.
That being said - their policy for handling DMCA notices is abysmal. They will network filter out your Linode until you respond to the notice.
Re:High-Memory Instances and $5 Linodes
by tomschlick on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @11:46PM
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I can't speak to that really. Never had it happen and my work's customers are in Commercial Real Estate so our services don't dabble with DMCA notices.
Hopefully they at least give you some warning before a filter is placed.
Other than the Christmas 2015 DDOS, I have never had any significant issues with Linode. Especially in the Dallas DC.