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DMCA PROTECTION HOW TO
DMCA PROTECTION REGISTRATION

If you have questions regarding this client alert, please contact a member of your Gunderson Dettmer team, particularly any attorney in the Technology/IP group.

Failure to register or re-register your designated agent in accordance with the new requirements will deprive you of DMCA safe harbor protection, and accordingly could result in copyright infringement liability for content uploaded to your service by users.

What are the consequences of failing to make this filing? To determine whether you have previously registered an agent, you can search the USCO’s directory by visiting.

DMCA PROTECTION HOW TO

If you have not previously registered a designated agent, but think that you should, please contact a member of your Gunderson Dettmer team for more information on how to qualify for the DMCA safe harbor.We recommend you set multiple calendar reminders to ensure this does not lapse.

DMCA PROTECTION REGISTRATION

You will also need to renew this electronic registration every three years.

For more details on how to use the new online registration system, please visit.

That designated agent may be an individual (e.g., “Jane Doe”), a position or title (e.g., “Copyright Manager”), a department (e.g., “Copyright Compliance Department”), or a third-party service provider (e.g., “ACME Takedown Service”).

If you previously registered a designated agent with the USCO, you must re-register your designated agent electronically through the USCO’s new online registration system at: prior to December 31, 2017.

This applies to both new registrants and registrants with existing paper registrations.

Under the new regulations, each OSP looking to take advantage of the DMCA safe harbor must electronically register its designated agent (no longer necessarily an individual) and re-register again every three years.

The paper-based system did not require renewals, but did require the designated agent to be a specifically named individual.

Prior to the new regulations taking effect, OSPs registered their designated agents by submitting paper registrations to the USCO.

To take advantage of this safe harbor, the OSP must, among other requirements, register a designated agent with the USCO to receive notices of alleged copyright infringement.

However, the DMCA includes a safe harbor provision for such OSPs – including operators of websites and apps – allowing OSPs to limit their liability for copyright infringement resulting from content uploaded by their users.

Online "service providers" (OSPs) who allow users to upload, post, or store content can potentially face liability in cases where that content infringes a third party’s copyright.pictures, comments, video, audio)? If so, this applies to you. Do you provide an online service (including any website or app) that allows users to upload, post or store content (e.g.Whether you are re-registering an agent or registering an agent for the first time, you must renew your registration every three years to maintain this safe harbor protection. In addition, if you are registering an agent for the first time, you must register your agent electronically in order to receive DMCA safe harbor protection. This is a reminder that the deadline to comply with the USCO’s re-registration requirement is December 31, 2017. Specifically, if you have previously designated an agent with the USCO for the purposes of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), you will be required to re-register your agent electronically in order to maintain your DMCA safe harbor protection. Earlier this year, Gunderson Dettmer issued a client alert regarding new regulations issued by the U.S.