[chii]

the only acceptable DMCA obligation for cloudflare is to forward the DMCA takedown notice to the customer who uploaded the video, and let them choose to handle the notice the way they decide! Any other method is game-able by large media companies to enforce their copyright on fair use that they arent allowed to enforce.

[Spivak]

How is YT different in this regard? Why are they the end user for the DMCA request but CF wouldn't be?

[kbenson]

I think "the only acceptable" in the GP should be read as "the only thing we should accept", as the rest of the comment is really pointing out how Youtube's system is gamed by the large media companies.

There are penalties for false DMCA claims, so allowing companies to bypass a real DMCA claim lets them shirk a lot of work (and responsibility) for making sure those claims are correct, lest they incur legal or financial penalties.

[Karunamon]

Because YT chose to insert themselves in front of the DMCA.

When someone copyright claims your video, they're not actually sending a DMCA, they're doing a YT-specific process that just happens to look sorta like the DMCA notice/counternotice process without involving the legal system.