Have we ever seen a media company prosecuted for perjury, despite copious evidence that they constantly misuse DMCA takedowns to do exactly that?

I received bogus DMCA complaints (over Big Buck Bunny, lol, multiple times), and Google stonewalled me when I tried to find out the identity of the complainant so that I could litigate against them.

I expect situations like that contribute to the lack of response, along with the fact that providers often ignore DMCA complaints or put things back up without following the statutory takedown period.

Google's form letter claimed it was a DMCA complaint, but it might have been confused.

Not sure anyone ever gets prosecuted for perjury. It's the norm in divorce cases, for example.

And the amount of times I've seen a cop perjure themselves is unreal.

We know that our former Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper perjured himself before congress with impunity as well. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/19/james-clap...

Probably shouldn't drip gasoline on this smoldering dumpster fire, but pretty much anyone at a high political level that testifies "I can't remember" is probably committing perjury, yes. Oh well.

https://www.newsweek.com/ken-starr-says-he-almost-charged-hi...

Well there was the contempt of court and all with Bill Clinton…

Why do people say never? It has happened, albeit extremely rarely: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A...

You seem to be conflating a civil countersuit and a criminal prosecution for the crime of perjury.

Negligence is not against the DMCA rules, and they can always claim they were being negligent, so no.

Not once, no.

Nope.