The Copyright Office made a number of changes to the DMCA agent registration process when it converted from a paper to digital registration system in December 2016. One of the new rules requires businesses to renew their registration every three years for an outrageous fee of $6.
DMCA Agent Copyright Office FAQ
The DMCA agent system can be a bit mystifying because, after all, we’re talking about rules issued by a government agency. To provide clarity on the subject, we thought long and hard about putting together a comprehensive FAQ page. Then we realized the Copyright Office has already published one. You can click here to read …
Why Attorneys Should Not Act As DMCA Agents
A common practice for companies looking to designate a DMCA agent is to select their attorneys for the position. While attorneys can act as agents, it isn’t always the best move because of a quirk present in the rules and regulations attorneys must comply with when practicing.
Proposed EU Copyright Directive – EU Continues Insanity With Copyright Tweaks
The European Union works off a basic foundational notion – government knows best. If there are a number of options available for addressing a perceived problem, the EU will almost always select the version that gives the government power. Such is the case with the proposed new EU Copyright Directive which is so bizarre that …
The DMCA Handbook, Part Deux, Lives!
If I may so humbly state, our DMCA agent service is a tremendous method for complying with the agent requirement under the law without exposing your name, phone number, and email address to abuse. That being said, there is just one problem. We cannot evaluate and process complaints that come in for your website or …
Using The DMCA Offensively And Defensively
Richard Chapo recently appeared on the highly-rated and much followed Smart Passive Income Podcast with Pat Flynn. Topics ranged from using the DMCA to attack sites and apps that have stolen your content to learning how to use the DMCA to gain immunity from claims asserted by others against content users have posted on your …