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May 21, 2020 by Gary Price

DMCA: U.S. Copyright Office Releases Section 512 Report

May 21, 2020 by Gary Price

UPDATE June 2, 2020 Internet Users of All Kinds Should Be Concerned by a New Copyright Office Report (via EFF)

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From the U.S. Copyright Office:

The U.S. Copyright Office today released its Report, Section 512 of Title 17, a multi-year study of section 512 of the U.S. Copyright Act, which is part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). When it enacted section 512 in 1998, Congress designed its safe harbors to provide “strong incentives for service providers and copyright owners to cooperate to detect and deal with copyright infringements that take place in the online networked environment.” The Report examines whether the balance that Congress sought has been achieved, particularly in light of the enormous changes that the internet has undergone in the last twenty-plus years. The Report, the last in a series of studies requested in a prior congressional session, represents the final output of the Office on topics related to the 2013-2015 copyright review hearings held by the House Judiciary Committee.

The Copyright Office concludes that the operation of the section 512 safe harbor system today is unbalanced. In its examination of the balance established by Congress, the Office outlines five principles that guided its review, identifies its findings, and makes several recommendations for Congress to consider. The Report highlights areas where current implementation of section 512 is out of sync with Congress’ original intent, including: eligibility qualifications for the service provider safe harbors; repeat infringer policies; knowledge requirement standards; specificity within takedown notices; non-standard notice requirements; subpoenas; and injunctions. While the Office is not recommending any wholesale changes to section 512, the Report points out these and other areas where Congress may wish to consider legislation to rebuild the original balance between rightsholders and online service providers.

The Report also identifies non-statutory areas of untapped potential to increase the efficacy of section 512 and recommends additional stakeholder and government focus in the areas of education, voluntary cooperation, and the use of standard technical measures. Finally, it provides background information on several proposals submitted by Study participants on approaches that go beyond the original construct of the DMCA, but does not provide a recommendation with respect to those proposals. The Office believes additional study and consultation would be needed before moving forward with such proposals.

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UPDATE: Statement by Maria Pallante, CEO of the Assoc. of American Publishers (AAP)

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.

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