My top suggestion would be to get rid of copyright altogether.
A secondary suggestion would be to require anyone submitting DMCA claims to register with a government agency and obtain a license to make such claims. As part of this license, they would agree to forfeit $500 for each claim found to be invalid. A counter-complaint could then be filed with this agency, and the penalty would be taken from the claimant’s deposit.
When filing a complaint with YouTube, claimants would need to provide their registered claimant ID, which YouTube could check against the agency’s database to verify they have good standing. If their deposit is depleted, YouTube would ignore their requests.
At that point, they could still file a non-DMCA copyright claim, but it would not have the same immediate demand of action that DMCA claims have. That's why Youtube acts the way they do. DMCA's demands are too strong any anyone can make them even frivolously.
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My top suggestion would be to get rid of copyright altogether.
A secondary suggestion would be to require anyone submitting DMCA claims to register with a government agency and obtain a license to make such claims. As part of this license, they would agree to forfeit $500 for each claim found to be invalid. A counter-complaint could then be filed with this agency, and the penalty would be taken from the claimant’s deposit.
When filing a complaint with YouTube, claimants would need to provide their registered claimant ID, which YouTube could check against the agency’s database to verify they have good standing. If their deposit is depleted, YouTube would ignore their requests.
At that point, they could still file a non-DMCA copyright claim, but it would not have the same immediate demand of action that DMCA claims have. That's why Youtube acts the way they do. DMCA's demands are too strong any anyone can make them even frivolously.