COPYRIGHT OFFICE IMPLEMENTS ONLINE FILING FOR SAFE HARBOR COPYRIGHT AGENTS UNDER THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DMCA)
Following the passage of the DMCA in 1998, online service providers (such as hosts for web sites, email services, online forums or chat rooms) that wished to avoid liability for posting of copyrighted materials by third parties could avail themselves of a “safe harbor” under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) by registering an agent with the […]