The content is never taken down.
Not true
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7000961?hl=en
Throughout the dispute process, we'll hold the revenue separately and, once the dispute is resolved, we'll pay it out to the appropriate party.
The case where an uploader loses all their revenue is if the video is completely demonetized (or completely taken down in the case of a DMCA request)
The content is never taken down.