[jedberg]

These all sound great in one's head until you flip around the situation and imagine where the copyright holder is the small time creator and the infringer is the big corp. The big corp can absorb many $1000 claims, but the small creator cannot afford it.

Requiring money up front from either party isn't really a good way to achieve justice.

[kevingadd]

This is effectively how the normal DMCA works, though. If they file a counter-notice the content goes back up and you have to sue them.