I Finally Got a Court Date Against Meta After Months of Silence — DMCA Counter Notices Expired, Account Still Disabled
After months of silence and uncertainty, I finally got an official court date against Meta/Instagram: June 16th
For context, my Instagram account with over 500k followers was suspended under their “repeat infringer” copyright policy despite me successfully filing multiple DMCA counter notices that Meta themselves APPROVED.
I have documented email evidence directly from Meta confirming:
•they received and approved my counter notices
•they included my electronic signature and legal statements under penalty of perjury
•they stated that unless the claimant filed a lawsuit within 10–14 business days, they would restore the content/cease disabling access in compliance with the DMCA
•No lawsuits were filed against me.
•The federal timelines expired.
Yet my account remained disabled anyway.
On top of that, I’ve also spent the last 5+ months trying to retrieve monetization tax documents/1099 information tied to the account. I even have screenshots from Meta Verified support where agents basically told me they couldn’t help me retrieve the information while the account remained inaccessible.
At first, I honestly felt like my case was going nowhere because there was no court date for months. But now:
Meta officially answered the lawsuit
their law firm is assigned to the case
the court mailed out the official notice for a pretrial conference on June 16
This completely changes the pressure dynamic because now there’s an actual court appearance and timeline attached to everything.
I’ve also spoken to other Reddit users who had their accounts restored AFTER their DMCA counter notice timelines expired, which makes me believe the restoration process is handled manually internally and not fully automated.
At this point I’m mainly posting this update for anyone else dealing with false copyright strikes and repeat infringer suspensions. The process is painfully slow, but getting an actual court date finally feels like real movement after months of being ignored.