What is meant by DMCA Penalty?

DMCA penalty is new signal added by Google to tackle the piracy and lower down the ranking of pirated sites and sites receiving copied content removal request.

Criminal Penalties
If you violate the DMCA, for a first offense, you could face imprisonment up to five years in jail and/or additional fines up to $500,000. Repeat offenders could face up to ten years in prison and fines up to $1 million.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 or DMCA is a federal law that increases penalties for online copyright infringement. There are both civil and criminal penalties for violations of the DMCA.