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Published: Jul 12, 2020

Updated: Dec 8, 2023

A No-Brainer: Protecting Your Website Under the DMCA

  • [1] 17 U.S.C. §§ 101-810 (1998).

  • [2] 17 U.S.C. §§ 512, 1201–1205, 1301–1332 (2020); 28 U.S.C. § 4001 (2020).

  • [3] 17 U.S.C. § 512.

  • [4] Id

  • [5] 17 U.S.C. § 512(a).

  • [6] 17 U.S.C. § 512(b). 

  • [7] 17 U.S.C. § 512(d). 

  • [8] 17 U.S.C. § 512(c).

  • [9] Id. 

  • [10] 17 U.S.C. § 512(k)(1).

  • [11]  17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(1)(A).

  • [12] 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(A).

  • [13] Id.

  • [14] 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(B)(1). 

  • [15] 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(A). 

  • [16] 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(B)(1).

  • [17] See, e.g., UMG Recordings v. Shelter Capital, 667 F.3d 1022 (9th Cir. 2011), modified at 718 F.3d 1006 (9th Cir. 2013).

  • [18] 17 U.S.C. §§ 512(f).

  • [19] See, Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., 801 F.3d 1126 (9th Cir. 2015).

  • [20] 17 U.S.C. §§ 512(c)(2).

  • [21] Id.

  • [22] See, e.g., Oppenheimer v. Allvoices, Inc., 2014 3:14-cv-00499-LB (N.D. Cal., June 10, 2014) (indicating that “Section 512(c)(2) ‘plainly specifies that a registered agent is a predicate, express condition’ that must be met and that ‘the safe harbor will apply “only if” such agent has been designated and identified to the Copyright Office for inclusion in the directory of agents.’” citing Perfect 10, Inc. v. Yandex N.V., No. C 12-01521 WHA, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65802, 2013 WL 1899851, at *8 (N.D. Cal. May 7, 2013)).

  • [23] 37 C.F.R. § 201.3 (2020).

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