What is DMCA? When should you designate a DMCA agent? OMG, you haven’t already? Ahhh, we’re all gonna die! Run for your life! [Sorry about that. Probably shouldn’t have gone with the triple expresso.] I am just kidding. In this video with over $25 million in special effects, we look at the question that great …
Lose DMCA Immunity – 3 Common Mistakes
The safe harbor protections of the DMCA are not granted automatically. Online businesses must actively seek out the protection and, even then, you can lose DMCA immunity if you are not careful. Losing your immunity is an unmitigated disaster, particularly since you’ve been operating under the belief it was in place. Let’s take a look …
Google DMCA Takedown Notices – 75 Million
Yes, that number is correct. Google received 75 million DMCA takedown notices in February 2019. Seventy. Five. Million. And the number is expected to grow from month to month for the foreseeable future. How insane is that? Can you even imagine? You would need a large team of Oompa Loompas to handle that kind of …
Terminating A DMCA Agent With The Copyright Office
Most information online on DMCA agents deals with the selection and registration process of the individual in question. That is all fine and dandy, but how about terminating a DMCA agent with the Copyright Office? For some reason, nobody has posted any information on the topic until now. It just so happens that we have …
Article 17 Filters – The EU Comes Clean
Oh, those bureaucrats in Brussels. The old joke about, “How do you know when a politician is lying? His lips are moving.” Apparently, the concept applies to EU representatives as well. Advocates for Article 13, now known as Article 17, in the EU Copyright Directive told us the Article did not require sites to use …
DMCA Takedown Process – How Long?
Mention the words DMCA and takedown process to a copyright holder, and the person will likely start grinding their teeth. The frustration often is a result of how much time is involved in the DMCA takedown process. So, how long should the process take once a complaint notice is submitted? DMCA Takedown The gray area. …