US Congress seeks small claims track for copyright claims

Seems like a step in the right direction. What am I missing?

$89 dollar holocaust coat.

Hey look, I want my $89 now! Oh, you ripped me off for more than that, well I can't afford to defend myself.

As usual, have fun storming the castle!

United States of Business

Could things get worse?

While this sounds like a good idea, making it easier for the little guy to sue the big corporations, I can see a situation where the lawyers build a database and then sue everyone who ever "liked" Grummy Cat without permission.

Copyright Alliance

Full of a host of big corporations, infamous for sending down dubious takedown requests against parodies, short clips as part of wider discussions pieces and other things that fall within US fair use laws.

e.g. topically in the Reg, albeit not copyright, HBO is part of Time Warner which is part of CA,

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/08/winter_is_coming_hbo_dmca_trademark/

But Mr O hates Google with a passion & loves anyone antii Google so goes along with the Disney I want maximal copyright to exist until the heat death of the universe approach crowd despite it shafting content consumers big time.

....IF....

There would be statutory damages for bad faith Sect 512 notices and allows non-resident claimants, then this would work.

Otherwise I can see the whales steamrollering anyone who kicks back in court (NB: if gootube takes down a video under Sect 512, the bad faith notice is from XYZcorp, most likely in a different country to whoever uploaded it.)