Fun part is that US legislative branch did not have much say in creation of DMCA.

US executive branch back then was just lobbied by major copyright holders and they literally bypassed much of legislation process around congress by creating and signing international agreements instead.

By the time DMCA landed in congress there was very little that could be changed because US already had to honour intetnational agreements it's already created and signed.

Louis Rossman have a video on it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0-j89LJysY

Didn't the international agreements require ratification from legislative?

Yes, but as told by DMCA creator quoted in video congress cant amend them much unlike any other law.

Congress could obviously not pass ratificarion, but you know how its usually going.

Yes, treaties are effectively a backdoor around the already imbalanced democratic process.

technically the DMCA notice is from Tracer, some AI copyright troll acting at the behest of Microsoft. Not that it actually matters, just expect to see Microsoft hide behind this fact as a way to deflect blame.

Except, of course, Luanti holds copyright over their own assets and app. Copyright is not something you get when you file paperwork with the government, it is automatic for creative works.

DMCA is punitive to platforms who do not correctly adjudicate the law and self enforce, which is why they err on the side of the claimant rather than the accused (or the side more likely to defend their copyright in court).

So, the law doesn't really favor copyright holders, it favors extremely conservative and risk averse behavior from large platforms, regardless of who would actually win a dispute over copyright.

It favours large copyright holders, with deep pockets and ranks of lawyers on retainer, over small copyright holders.