U.S. Copyright Office Section 512 Study: Comments in Response to Notice of Inquiry

81 Pages Posted: 2 Apr 2016 Last revised: 7 Apr 2016

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Annemarie Bridy

Google LLC; Yale University - Yale Information Society Project; Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society

Daphne Keller

Stanford Cyber Policy Center, Freeman Spogli Institute

Date Written: March 31, 2016

Abstract

These comments were prepared and submitted in response to the U.S. Copyright Office's December 31, 2015 Notice and Request for Public Comment on the impact and effectiveness of the DMCA safe harbor provisions in Section 512 of Title 17. Of the 30 questions posed in the Notice, we respond to almost half, addressing (1) the overall effectiveness of the safe harbors in balancing stakeholder interests and promoting innovation in online products and services, (2) the operation of the notice-and-takedown process and the problems associated with a proposed "notice-and-staydown" policy, (3) the adequacy of the DMCA's counter-notice provisions to protect non-infringing user expression, (4) the soundness of judicial interpretations of legal standards relating to service providers' knowledge and control of users' infringements, and (5) the effectiveness of service providers' repeat infringer policies in light of the statute's lack of specificity concerning this requirement.

Keywords: DMCA, Copyright Office, 17 USC 512, safe harbors, intermediary liability, copyright, piracy, infringement

Suggested Citation

Bridy, Annemarie and Keller, Daphne, U.S. Copyright Office Section 512 Study: Comments in Response to Notice of Inquiry (March 31, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2757197 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2757197

Annemarie Bridy (Contact Author)

Google LLC ( email )

Washington, DC
United States

Yale University - Yale Information Society Project

New Haven, CT
United States

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Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society

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United States

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Daphne Keller

Stanford Cyber Policy Center, Freeman Spogli Institute ( email )

Encina Hall, 616 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford, CA CA 94305
United States
6507234581 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/daphne-keller

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