Originally Posted by gideongallery

they didn't do that

they pointed uploads to the same physical file, and issued unique urls to the uploaders

they simply removed the links to the file that were dmcaed leaving the file alone

just like youtube does

you can appeal a take down 6 years after it happened (because a fair use argument becomes validated-- lenz vs univeral) and the file will become active again

that couldn't happen if the file was removed.