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Old 02-13-2016, 01:02 PM  
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Actually, most of the people in this thread have it slightly wrong.

1- To be protected by the Safe Harbor provisions of the DMCA you MUST register your site and agent with the copyright office. Here is a link to the form, and a link to some of the listings.

http://copyright.gov/onlinesp/agent.pdf

DMCA Agents - Index A | U.S. Copyright Office

2- If you are not registered at the Copyright office you simply can't hide behind the DMCA.

Many may not know that, many might think I'm wrong, but no matter - its true and it means that you can be sued if you displayed some persons photo(s) or video(s) without permission.

Those that have been around a while might remember the Liberty Media v Oron case. That issue came up in that case and Oron had to pay - and in fact it put Oron out of business.

Here is a good article about that issue written just last month.

Getting DMCA Safe Harbor Right - Plagiarism Today
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