Well, the law does not allow YouTube to &quot;punish&quot; false DMCA takedowns, so in those cases there&#x27;s not much they can do. It&#x27;s up to the person who had their content taken down to file a lawsuit if they want the person filing the takedown notice to face punishment (which is one of the broken aspects of the DMCA law).<p>YouTube does punishes false claims through their Content ID system, though, as that&#x27;s a system they control. From their website, &quot;Content owners who repeatedly make erroneous claims can have their Content ID access disabled and their partnership with YouTube terminated.&quot;