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 There's talk just starting on the Mastodon discord of pulling together guides and toolkits for admins.

@daswickerman @faduda @blaine

I'm a tech lawyer. I'll volunteer some time here over the holidays.

@bbennettesq Excellent! I'll ping you once I start getting things drafted!