[IANAD]

From the text: "...it is community itself that has ultimate controls over the catalogue of what is available."

I take that to mean that this isn't really controllable by DMCA. So, they are just giving DMCA lip service.

[mrkgnao]

Lofty goals of that sort are fine, and easy to write about, but I wonder how the situation will change when someone inevitably uploads $MOVIE -- and for a fee! -- and the movie studios come knocking. Indeed, I do not expect (or hope!) that LBRY will act to evade copyright or IP law.

The point is, complete lawfulness and blockchain utopias aren't really compatible.