DMCA safe harbor provisions should be taken advantage of by any business targeting the online market in the United States. To gain the protection of the DMCA, one must register a DMCA agent with the Copyright Office. While this isn’t a problem for domestic companies, registering a DMCA agent from outside of the United States …
DMCA Takedown Notice
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act was enacted in the late 1990s to provide a copyright dispute resolution system for the web that would keep the courts from being flooded with copyright infringement lawsuits. At the core of the law is the DMCA takedown notice. In this blog post, we take a look at the required …
Copyright Office Creating Online DMCA Agent Registration System
I think you will agree with me when I say the most annoying aspect of the DMCA agent requirement is the registration process used by the United States Copyright Office. Despite allowing online submissions for other copyright filings, the Office requires businesses to send in DMCA agent registrations by snail mail. To make matters worse, a single clerk …
Using DMCA Protections To Build A Profitable Business Model
Can you create a business model based on the safe harbor protections of the DMCA to, frankly, make money off of copyright infringement? An appellate ruling in a case involving Examiner.com seems to suggest as much. The Examiner.com Case Examiner.com is a news-ish site covering everything from random news events to the Kardashians. Unlike a …
Do I Need A DMCA Safe Harbor Agent?
The answer for most online businesses is yes. If your website allows users to upload content in any form including images, video, comments, reviews, etc., then you would be a fool not to comply with the DMCA. Part of the compliance process requires you designate a DMCA safe harbor agent. Copyright Infringement Immunity The DMCA …
DMCA Errors To Avoid – Repeat Infringers
Ever played the “whack-a-mole” game? Annoying as all get out. Well, copyright owners feel the same way about trying to track down people infringing on their copyrights online. As soon as the copyright holder gets the material taken down from Facebook, it pops up on Twitter, and the process begins again. In drafting the Digital …