asymmetry in the process (Score 1)

The issue here is that the DMCA process requires YouTube to take the content down if the notice is correct. ZO'R TV did this and YouTube followed. There is a a very lightweight review process for DMCA take downs (I tried to take down the offending CC-BY-3.0 content without attribution on ZO'R TV), if you do a fake one, your account can be suspended. But when Bruno tried to counter notice, at the end of three attempts, YouTube told him "Based on the information that you have provided, it appears that you do not have the necessary rights to post the content on YouTube. Therefore, we regretfully cannot honour your request. It has not been forwarded to the original claimant, and we will not be able to restore your video." The counter notice was totally legal, and YouTube should have accepted and sent it to ZO'R TV to start with. Only 2 days later they retracted and accepted the counter notice without further action from Bruno. Why? That's to me what's broken, YouTube's scrutiny over counter notices is ridiculous and leads to these issues. YouTube does not need to be doing the policing, just forwarding the documents to the claimant.