blaineNov 19, 2022

Hey, US folks newly running Mastodon instances: do Future You a *huge* favor, mitigate your potential liability, and register with the copyright office and designate an agent to receive DMCA reports *right now*. https://copyright.gov/dmca-directory/

(Via [email protected])

DMCA Designated Agent Directory | U.S. Copyright Office

DMCA Designated Agent Directory

Show threadSethPartnowNov 19, 2022
@blaine could you expound on why?
Show threadblaineNov 19, 2022
@SethPartnow I'm not a lawyer, but anyone in the US who's running an instance for lots of people has a duty under american law (the DMCA) to receive copyright infringement notifications on behalf of their users and then pass those notices on to the user in question in order to avoid legal liability.
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