Except that DMCA notices include language like this:
"I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner, of the copyright(s) that is(are) allegedly infringed by the aforementioned content."
That doesn't include any exceptions for "my automated script screwed up" or "we didn't check carefully enough", nor should it.
Uh... those are for the party making the infringement claim. Point #2 was about Hotfile, the party receiving the claim. I was saying that it doesn't seem surprising that they didn't bother to check the incoming claims very carefully before pulling the content down.
"I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner, of the copyright(s) that is(are) allegedly infringed by the aforementioned content."
That doesn't include any exceptions for "my automated script screwed up" or "we didn't check carefully enough", nor should it.