Document Type
Comment
Abstract
This Case Comment specifically focuses on the safe harbor in § 512(c) which “limits the liability of qualifying service providers for claims of direct, vicarious and contributory infringement for storage at the direction of a user of material that resided on a system or network controlled or operated by or for the service provider.” Congress explained that “providing server space for a user’s […] forum in which material may be posted at the direction of users” is an example of an instance that would qualify for § 512(c) safe harbor protection. This example is nearly identical to the case at hand where LiveJournal provided service space for users to post material on its celebrity news forum.
Recommended Citation
Bobby Desmond,
Mavrix’s Misguided Guidelines: An Offense Against the DMCA Safe Harbor Defense,
22 J. Tech. L. & Pol'y
(2017).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/jtlp/vol22/iss1/4