> Content processors like YouTube have already been shown to have an obligation to support take-down requests from IP holders.
An obligation in-so-far as the DMCA is enforced. YouTube might be doing additional things as a company, but they aren't required by any law I know of. Maybe it's an agreement with IP holders, but it's not a law.
> Kickstarter got the equivalent of a polite take-down request from Arduino and they said,
That isn't the same thing as a DMCA take-down request.
> It will crumble like a house of cards when the first team of lawyers takes a whack at it for serious infringement.
The DMCA protects them. Their is no indication they received a DMCA request.
An obligation in-so-far as the DMCA is enforced. YouTube might be doing additional things as a company, but they aren't required by any law I know of. Maybe it's an agreement with IP holders, but it's not a law.
> Kickstarter got the equivalent of a polite take-down request from Arduino and they said,
That isn't the same thing as a DMCA take-down request.
> It will crumble like a house of cards when the first team of lawyers takes a whack at it for serious infringement.
The DMCA protects them. Their is no indication they received a DMCA request.