Originally Posted by gideongallery

putting the content in the public domain benefits everyone.

it benefits the site who was wrongfully accused because they can now sell/give away that content to recover their loses.

It benefits the public who was denied access to that legit site that should not have been blacklisted.

And it only punishes the copyright holder who chooses to abuse the law with the bogus complaint.

It doesn't devalue anyone else's content at all, because good copyright holders still get to keep their copyright.