The Copyright Office’s new online agent registration system for the DMCA is humming along nicely. Unfortunately, we see instances where businesses register with the new system, but fail to comply with the new regulations and rules issued by the Copyright Office. With this in mind, make sure you understand and comply with the following three …
The Physical Street Address Requirement For DMCA Agent Registrations
The Copyright Office press release announcing a new online system for agent registrations for the DMCA was met with much acclaim given the previous paper filing system was such a disaster. What many people didn’t realize was the new system would come with new regulations, including a few tricky twists. Once such requirement many are …
Music Site May Lose DMCA Protection After Failing To Designate An Agent
Spinrilla, a hip-hop app and website, is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by numerous music industry groups. Spinrilla is claiming the DMCA safe harbor protects it, but the company may have a problem. The suing parties are alleging Spinrilla failed to comply with the DMCA and waived the protections of the law. If true, …
What Types of Damages Are Awarded For Copyright Infringement?
Copyright infringement has always been a landmine in the online environment. It’s become much more of an issue in recent years, as there are now more than one billion websites online – a huge percentage of which contain original content. In fact, some analysts claim that hundreds of millions of pieces of new content (including …
Does Using Moderators Terminate DMCA Safe Harbor Protections?
User-generated content is wonderful stuff. Massive fortunes have been built on its back as we can see with the Facebooks and Twitters of the world. With the good comes the annoying, which in this case means coming up with a method for dealing with the massive amount of content users can upload to a site. …
Petitioning To Use A P.O. Box As Your Business Address For DMCA Agent Designations
The Copyright Office launched a new online DMCA Agent registration system on December 1, 2016. While the new system has gone through some growing pains, it represents a vast improvement over the old paper application process that took months. However, many companies, particularly small businesses, are finding the new regulations come with some unfortunate surprises. …