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/

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DMCA Designated Agent Directory | U.S. Copyright Office

DMCA Designated Agent Directory

@blaine Any data protection/privacy folks here want to have a go at creating a similar guide for EU instances?
@faduda @blaine Tbh I'm surprised no-one seems to deal with this issue, it's quite serious. I saw someone's post about this on some official looking site and the reply said it isn't an issue for Mastodon because the servers aren't run by companies or some such nonsense. That isn't relevant for EU privacy laws. Any small forum or blog etc needs to abide by them, they just don't need a dedicated privacy officer afaik.