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Fenwick & West LLP

The Time is Now: Renew DMCA-Designated Agent Registrations with the Copyright Office

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Starting December 1, 2019, service providers will need to renew their Digital Millennium Copyright Act-designated agent registrations with the U.S. Copyright Office to remain qualified for safe harbor protection. Fenwick...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

December 31, 2017: Last Day To Designate DMCA Agent Or Lose Safe Harbor Eligibility

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Starting December 31, 2017, all online service providers (which includes website owners) who want to take advantage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Safe Harbor must designate a registered agent with the U.S....more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

New DMCA Regulations - January 1, 2018

As of January 1, 2018, the U.S. Copyright Office will implement new regulations that will impact online service providers – even those that have already registered an agent. ...more

Perkins Coie

Deadline Approaching for Refiling Designated Agent Information Under Digital Millennium Copyright Act

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Last November, the U.S. Copyright Office issued its Final Rule regarding designating copyright agents under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and announced a new electronic system for filing such designations....more

BCLP

Time is Running Out to Update DMCA’s Safe Harbor Agent Designations

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As we previously reported, internet service providers must register their agents through the new on-line system before the end of 2017 to preserve their benefits under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (“DMCA”) safe...more

Williams Mullen

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) – Designate Your Agent.

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The U.S. Copyright Office issued a rule change to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) § 512 safe harbor provision that affects the rights of online service providers that are new to the DMCA system or those that...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Reminder: Action Required by December 31 To Avoid Losing DMCA Safe Harbor Protection

On December 1, 2016, the US Copyright Office replaced its directory of designated agents for receipt of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notices of claimed infringement with a new electronic system. As part of this...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

December 31st Deadline to Re-Register a DMCA Designated Agent

Online service providers have until December 31, 2017, to re-register a designated agent with the Copyright Office if they want to remain eligible for protection from copyright infringement liability under the Digital...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Tick Tock - Website Owners Face Deadline to Preserve Liability Safe Harbor

All owners of websites accessible in the United States need to be aware of new rules that directly control a website owner’s potential liability for copyright infringement. On December 1, 2016, the United States Copyright...more

Baker Donelson

New Year's Resolution for Website Operators: Register Your Designated Copyright Agents in the Copyright Office's New Electronic...

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The U.S. Copyright Office announced a new online system to designate copyright agents for online service providers under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). The online designation system replaces the former paper...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

New Electronic System for DMCA Safe Harbor Agent

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If your company hosts or operates an interactive website that allows users to post or upload materials, you need to have a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) policy. A DMCA policy gives copyright owners the opportunity...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

ALERT: Re-docking at the Safe Harbor: US Copyright Office Requires Re-Registration for Digital Millennium Copyright Act Safe...

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On December 1, 2016, the US Copyright Office outlined a new online procedure for websites, hosting companies, mobile app publishers and other internet services that permit user-generated content (service providers) to...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Re-Register Takedown Agent or Lose Copyright Shield

If your website allows for posting of user-generated content and you filed an agent designation insulating you from copyright infringement claims, you may be about to lose that legal protection. All existing paper-filed agent...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Changes in Process for Designating Agents for DMCA Safe Harbor Protection

Effective December 1, 2016, companies that wish to benefit from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA's) safe harbors from copyright infringement liability for (i) content stored at the direction of a user (i.e.,...more

Stoel Rives LLP

A Plea to Interactive Websites: Check Your Copyright Agent Designations or Prepare to Face Liability for Your Users' Content

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On June 30, 2015, a New York court provided a good excuse for anyone with an interactive website to double-check that its copyright agent designations with the U.S. Copyright Office are complete and accurate. Don’t know what...more

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