Is there a history of bad faith claims in the courts? I suspect there isn't or at best very limited. It goes like this:
1. MPA sends a notice, content is taken down/disabled
2a) No response to takedown notice is sent, because the next step MPA can take after that is to take you to court. If you win the best case scenario is you recover your legal costs (but not the time). Content stays down.
2b) A response to takedown notice is sent, content gets restored. MPA doesn't go to court, unless it's a slam dunk case or it's important enough to bully someone into submission with legal costs (you pay those out of your pocket with hope of maybe getting most of it back at some point, possibly years later). Victim doesn't go to court for compensation, because it's almost certain that even with a resounding win what they recover is going to be less than legal fees.
The actual number of cases that see the courtroom is likely very, very small.
IANAL but best I can tell it is with regards to filing the takedown notice rather than taking them to court. If it is just the sending of a takedown notice, then holy fuck have they abused it.
Oh, most certainly they have abused it, no question about that.
The problem is if either side folded at notice / notice response step, then that abuse is visible only to platforms that receive those notices, not to the courts.
1. MPA sends a notice, content is taken down/disabled
2a) No response to takedown notice is sent, because the next step MPA can take after that is to take you to court. If you win the best case scenario is you recover your legal costs (but not the time). Content stays down.
2b) A response to takedown notice is sent, content gets restored. MPA doesn't go to court, unless it's a slam dunk case or it's important enough to bully someone into submission with legal costs (you pay those out of your pocket with hope of maybe getting most of it back at some point, possibly years later). Victim doesn't go to court for compensation, because it's almost certain that even with a resounding win what they recover is going to be less than legal fees.
The actual number of cases that see the courtroom is likely very, very small.