19: The DMCA and YouTube's copyright system

 People often complain about how much YouTube's copyright system sucks. I thought as much until just a few minutes ago... Then i actually did some research. 

As it turns out... They're legally required to have the system be this bad: 

"Once the alleged infringing content is removed, the infringing party has the option to file a Counter Claim in response, stating under penalty of perjury that the DMCA Notice is false. The OSP/ISP must wait 10-14 days after receiving a valid DMCA Counter Claim before reactivating or allowing access to the claimed infringing content. The claimant who filed the DMCA Takedown Notice must then file a court order against the infringing site owner and the OSP/ISP if they wish to keep the infringing content offline."

Yep, that's right. There's literally nothing youtube can do to improve the system. 

Copyright is broken and society would be better off if it didn't exist.