And thus we go from a scam perpetrated in one industry fast on its way to becoming a scam perpetrated by all industries.

There is no acceptable amount of false takedowns. It’s censorship, it’s a violation of human rights, it’s wrong. If their process is resulting in incorrect findings, they need to refine it until there are no more mistakes, period. There is no justifiable level of piracy to offset suppressing others’ civil rights.

EFF needs to understand that the harm done to rights owners is so massive, that whatever harm is done on the other side pales in comparison.

By “other side”, do you mean the innocents who were just minding their own business when their stuff was wrongfully taken down by Skynet’s baby brother, or do you mean the companies that had their success cut off when their stuff was maliciously taken down by a competitor, who then blamed the computer?

Nobody ever said due process was going to be cheap, quick, or easy, they just said it was a Constitutionally-given right. It’s also been said that it is better for a thousand guilty to go free than one innocent be punished.

“What do you mean you’re suing me for downloading your movies? It wasn’t my fault, my computer made a mistake!”

Moreover, when it was brought to their attention by multiple people and organisations that their software was in fact bugged, Warner Bros. actively ignored and denied everything and continued to use it.