Dana Shultz explains what two recent federal cases mean for Internet-based service providers in terms of their liability for content that is user-provided. Both cases refused to hold the online video-sharing website liable for copyright infringement because of videos uploaded by users that were copyright-protected because the website adequately complied with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Shultz explains that the Court ruled in the website's favor because it took care to remove infringing content and made efforts to remove repeat offenders from the site. Online websites providing content should familiarize themselves with the Act and its intricacies to ensure that they are protected by the "safe harbor" it provides.
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How Websites can Avoid Liability for User-provided Content