@MrMazda I would agree that it is not possible to know that it was not due to a DMCA request.. except for the fact that I have been paying close attention to patterns, and tested it myself with a recent upload. There are instances in which a new torrent appears on the site, but is removed from the site within one hour of it being posted. It is not conceivable that someone uploaded a torrent, and within one hour, someone found that torrent, downloaded that torrent, reported that torrent, and got a moderator to review that torrent. So, there was no request made to begin with.. which means... ?
There IS one legitimate explanation. the moderator could have mistakenly thought that the newly posted torrent was a duplicate of files already on the site. But the problem with that is.. they were not duplicates, and the message sent said it was a DMCA request, and not because it was a duplicate. But.. again, it's impossible that the torrent was found, DMCA request was made and received and reviewed all within one hour.
Perhaps there needs to be a new section...we have ACTIVE, and DEAD.. we should have a DMCA section which lists the torrents which have been removed, and those links are not downloadable. That is what pornolab does (only they have very very VERY few torrents which are not downloadable). That way, people won't make the mistake of uploading the same DMCA violation files again - because they are listed in the DMCA section. Perhaps some unscrupulous users make massive posts - to get download credits, they report their own torrents to get them removed, and then they re-post the same files again to get more credit for them - over and over again.
One other problem could be that the torrents on this site and the comments of this forum can be viewed WITHOUT having a membership. One cannot download any torrents without a membership, nor can one REPLY to messages in this forum without a membership, but they ARE viewable without a membership - which I don't understand.