Nope, all you are supposed to have to do to get the content restored is submit a counter-notice. And it should be back in two weeks, not years.
But you can be sued by the rightsholder for posting infringing material.
The DMCA is really about protecting the ISP/host. The ISP can't be sued for hosting your infringing material -- so long as they take it down when receiving a takedown notice; and even when they put it back up after receiving the counter-notice from the original poster.
But YOU (the poster) can still be sued.
I am not sure how often ISPs/hosts have clearly identified counter-notice procedures, but that's the way the law is written.
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> So years later you can get content restored?
Nope, all you are supposed to have to do to get the content restored is submit a counter-notice. And it should be back in two weeks, not years.
But you can be sued by the rightsholder for posting infringing material.
The DMCA is really about protecting the ISP/host. The ISP can't be sued for hosting your infringing material -- so long as they take it down when receiving a takedown notice; and even when they put it back up after receiving the counter-notice from the original poster.
But YOU (the poster) can still be sued.
I am not sure how often ISPs/hosts have clearly identified counter-notice procedures, but that's the way the law is written.
See for some further explanation: http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/responding-dmca-takedown-not...