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A comment on EFF’s Tweet About a DMCA Takedown Is Now Subject to an Overzealous Takedown. Parent comment

Re:EFF’s Tweet About a DMCA Takedown Is Now Subject to an Ov... by koonsolo on Monday April 15, 2019 @08:06AM (#19664707)
But if the platform ignores the DMCA takedown, the alleged infringer will never know, and so cannot sue.

I think the original question is if the platform can sue the person sending the DMCA takedown, for some kind of harassment. Because the platform itself will also investigate before taking content down.

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Re:EFF’s Tweet About a DMCA Takedown Is Now Subject to an Ov... by delinka on Monday April 15, 2019 @01:52PM (#19667229)
As long as the platform follows a proper DMCA takedown, they cannot be sued for infringement. If, however, the platform ignores the DMCA takedown, they lose the protection they'd otherwise keep under the law and can themselves be held liable for the infringing copyright.
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Re:EFF’s Tweet About a DMCA Takedown Is Now Subject to an Ov... by koonsolo on Monday April 15, 2019 @09:04PM (#19670250)
Ah, so they need to act as a relay. Now I get it. Thanks for the explanation.
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Re:EFF’s Tweet About a DMCA Takedown Is Now Subject to an Ov... by olliej on Monday April 15, 2019 @06:02PM (#19669315)
The problem with the DMCA is that the platform has to immediately take down the content or they lose the protective aspect of the DMCA- I think (though not a lawyer) that more or less any analysis immediately strips protection.

Essentially the belief is that DMCA would never be abused for any reason so you need to penalize the platform but not the submitter.

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