They didn't just bury the lede, they didn't cover google's barn door security hole on the DMCA submission process that allowed this guy to submit a hundred or so DMCA takedown requests with no need to prove his identity.
And then there's this:
> Bungie had to devote significant internal resources to addressing it and
helping its players restore their videos and channels – an effort complicated by the fact
that while YouTube has a form that allows anyone to claim to represent a copyright
holder and issue copyright strikes, it has no dedicated mechanism for copyright holders
who are being impersonated to let YouTube know about the DMCA fraud
Small content creators have only been complaining about this for, oh, ten years or so?
> This meant that Bungie had to work through several layers of YouTube contacts over a period of several days before it could adequately communicate and begin addressing the problem.
Days? Several layers? Gasp! Fetch the vapors!
Now imagine you're not a billions-of-dollars-in-revenue worldwide-known gaming company - and thus you have zero ability to reach a human.
And then there's this:
> Bungie had to devote significant internal resources to addressing it and helping its players restore their videos and channels – an effort complicated by the fact that while YouTube has a form that allows anyone to claim to represent a copyright holder and issue copyright strikes, it has no dedicated mechanism for copyright holders who are being impersonated to let YouTube know about the DMCA fraud
Small content creators have only been complaining about this for, oh, ten years or so?
> This meant that Bungie had to work through several layers of YouTube contacts over a period of several days before it could adequately communicate and begin addressing the problem.
Days? Several layers? Gasp! Fetch the vapors!
Now imagine you're not a billions-of-dollars-in-revenue worldwide-known gaming company - and thus you have zero ability to reach a human.