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Invalid takedowns are perjury and are subject to criminal penalties to a maximum of five years in jail.

For some reason, the US prosecutors don't seem to be enforcing it.



Maybe no one complained to them, so technically they're not aware? I'm not sure how that works.


Note that the "under penalty of perjury" bit applies to your claim that you're an authorized agent of the copyright holder, not the allegation that a particular bit of content is infringing.




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