2304.1(C) Designation of Agent to Receive Notifications of Alleged Infringement Under Section 512(c) of the Copyright Act
The Copyright Act allows online service providers to limit their liability for copyright infringement claims involving material that has been posted on their systems or networks at the direction of a user. To invoke this safe harbor, service providers must designate an agent to receive notifications of alleged infringement and must provide the agent's name, address, and other contact information to the U.S. Copyright Office. See 17 U.S.C.§ 512(c)(2).
For information concerning these types of documents and the procedures for recording them with the Office, see Section 2312.
2304.2 Documents That May Be Recorded
The following types of documents may be recorded with the U.S. Copyright Office:
• Transfers of copyright ownership.
• Documents pertaining to copyright.
• Documents pertaining to mask works.
• Documents pertaining to vessel designs.
• Abandonments.
• Documents pertaining to computer shareware.
• Visual Arts Registry Statements.
• Statements regarding the identity of an author of an anonymous or pseudonymous work.
• Statements relating to the date of death of an author or a statement that an author is still living on a particular date.
This is not an exhaustive list and other types of documents with a copyright interest may be recorded with the U.S. Copyright Office.
Transfers and other documents pertaining to copyright (as well as documents pertaining to mask works and vessel designs) are discussed in Section 2309 below.
Abandonments are discussed in Section 2311. For a discussion of documents pertaining to computer shareware and Visual Arts Registry Statements, see Sections 2313 and 2314.
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