For those who allow users to generate content on your website, please note the following about the Copyright Office requirement for designating a person to receive take-down notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act:
Electronic System for Designating Agents under DMCA Launched December 1, 2016
The U.S. Copyright Office launched its new electronic system to designate and search for agents to receive notifications of claimed infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The final rule implementing the new system and governing what is required of service providers to designate an agent also comes into effect on December 1st.
As of December 1, all new designations must now be made through the online registration system. Additionally, any service provider that has previously designated an agent with the Office through the old paper-based system will have until December 31, 2017, to submit a new designation electronically through the new system. Until that time, an accurate designation in the old paper-generated directory will continue to satisfy the service provider’s obligations under section 512(c)(2), and the public will need to continue to search the paper-generated directory if the service provider is not yet listed in the new electronically generated directory.
Check out these links: https://www.copyright.gov/dmca-directory/; https://www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/onlinesp/NPR/; http://www.newmediarights.org/guide/copyright/how_register_dmca_agent
Matthew I. Berger Law Group 