Rebooting The Copyright Office's Registered Agent Database
By Kevin P. Dermody, Fox Rothschild LLP (December 12, 2016, 4:13 PM EST) -- One of the major benefits of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is that website owners can gain the protection of the DMCA's safe harbor provisions by registering a DMCA agent with the United States Copyright Office. The safe harbor allows a copyright holder to notify a website operator that the copyright holder's protected material was uploaded to the website and is being infringed. That website owner can avoid liability by removing the copyright-infringing material from its website after being notified. In the past, once a website owner registered a DMCA agent there were no additional requirements to ensure that the protection was valid. However, based on a recent announcement from the Copyright Office, the process for securing and maintaining the DMCA's protection has changed....
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