If you're trying to decide what takedown request is legit yourself, you're losing your safe harbor protection. To keep it you need to forward all DMCAs you get to your clients, if they file a counter notice, keep the links, if not delete them. That's all. If you're actually looking deeper into the dispute and save God deny a copyright holder a legit request because you believe they don't own copyright to the content in question, you're royally fucked. You're now a party (as opposed to non-party neutral service provider), they'll sue you for damages which could possibly amount to millions of dollars. To be on the safe side, just stick to the routing required by law - delete links if your client didn't file a counter notice, keep them if he did.
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