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It would be nice to know, if they really do what they say!
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My experience with them is that they do.
You have to understand how the DMCA works though...
If the alleged infringer provides a DMCA counter-notice, then the host doesn't have to do anything.
The basic idea of the DMCA is that a hosting provider is caught in the middle when it comes to copyright claims.
Accordingly, they are relieved from liability if they follow the procedure:
1. provide a mechanism to receive complaints of the form required by the Act.
2. provide a mechanism to receive disputes of complaints from the customer.
3. if the customer doesn't respond to the DMCA notification, take down the material.
4. if the customer does respond to the DMCA notification leave the material up.
The hosting provider is not put in the position of being a judge, but merely in determining that there is, or is not, a dispute between the customer and the copyright claimant. It also forces both parties to produce sworn statements which either party may use against the other in court.