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Timestamp: 2013-12-10 16:27:12
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 512', '§ 512', '§ 202', '§ 1', '§ 3', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 203']

17 USC § 512 - Limitations on liability relating to material online | Title 17 - Copyrights | U.S. Code | LII / Legal Information Institute
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Transitory Digital Network Communications.— A service provider shall not be liable for monetary relief, or, except as provided in subsection (j), for injunctive or other equitable relief, for infringement of copyright by reason of the provider’s transmitting, routing, or providing connections for, material through a system or network controlled or operated by or for the service provider, or by reason of the intermediate and transient storage of that material in the course of such transmitting, routing, or providing connections, if—
System Caching.— (1)
Limitation on liability.— A service provider shall not be liable for monetary relief, or, except as provided in subsection (j), for injunctive or other equitable relief, for infringement of copyright by reason of the intermediate and temporary storage of material on a system or network controlled or operated by or for the service provider in a case in which—
Conditions.— The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that—
Information Residing on Systems or Networks At Direction of Users.— (1)
In general.— A service provider shall not be liable for monetary relief, or, except as provided in subsection (j), for injunctive or other equitable relief, for infringement of copyright by reason of the storage at the direction of a user of material that resides on a system or network controlled or operated by or for the service provider, if the service provider—
Designated agent.— The limitations on liability established in this subsection apply to a service provider only if the service provider has designated an agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement described in paragraph (3), by making available through its service, including on its website in a location accessible to the public, and by providing to the Copyright Office, substantially the following information:
Elements of notification.— (A)
Information Location Tools.— A service provider shall not be liable for monetary relief, or, except as provided in subsection (j), for injunctive or other equitable relief, for infringement of copyright by reason of the provider referring or linking users to an online location containing infringing material or infringing activity, by using information location tools, including a directory, index, reference, pointer, or hypertext link, if the service provider—
Limitation on Liability of Nonprofit Educational Institutions.— (1)
Misrepresentations.— Any person who knowingly materially misrepresents under this section—
Replacement of Removed or Disabled Material and Limitation on Other Liability.— (1)
Exception.— Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to material residing at the direction of a subscriber of the service provider on a system or network controlled or operated by or for the service provider that is removed, or to which access is disabled by the service provider, pursuant to a notice provided under subsection (c)(1)(C), unless the service provider—
Contents of counter notification.— To be effective under this subsection, a counter notification must be a written communication provided to the service provider’s designated agent that includes substantially the following:
Limitation on other liability.— A service provider’s compliance with paragraph (2) shall not subject the service provider to liability for copyright infringement with respect to the material identified in the notice provided under subsection (c)(1)(C).
Subpoena To Identify Infringer.— (1)
Request.— A copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf may request the clerk of any United States district court to issue a subpoena to a service provider for identification of an alleged infringer in accordance with this subsection.
Contents of request.— The request may be made by filing with the clerk—
Contents of subpoena.— The subpoena shall authorize and order the service provider receiving the notification and the subpoena to expeditiously disclose to the copyright owner or person authorized by the copyright owner information sufficient to identify the alleged infringer of the material described in the notification to the extent such information is available to the service provider.
Basis for granting subpoena.— If the notification filed satisfies the provisions of subsection (c)(3)(A), the proposed subpoena is in proper form, and the accompanying declaration is properly executed, the clerk shall expeditiously issue and sign the proposed subpoena and return it to the requester for delivery to the service provider.
Actions of service provider receiving subpoena.— Upon receipt of the issued subpoena, either accompanying or subsequent to the receipt of a notification described in subsection (c)(3)(A), the service provider shall expeditiously disclose to the copyright owner or person authorized by the copyright owner the information required by the subpoena, notwithstanding any other provision of law and regardless of whether the service provider responds to the notification.
Rules applicable to subpoena.— Unless otherwise provided by this section or by applicable rules of the court, the procedure for issuance and delivery of the subpoena, and the remedies for noncompliance with the subpoena, shall be governed to the greatest extent practicable by those provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governing the issuance, service, and enforcement of a subpoena duces tecum.
Conditions for Eligibility.— (1)
Accommodation of technology.— The limitations on liability established by this section shall apply to a service provider only if the service provider—
Definition.— As used in this subsection, the term “standard technical measures” means technical measures that are used by copyright owners to identify or protect copyrighted works and—
Injunctions.— The following rules shall apply in the case of any application for an injunction under section 502 against a service provider that is not subject to monetary remedies under this section:
Scope of relief.— (A)
Considerations.— The court, in considering the relevant criteria for injunctive relief under applicable law, shall consider—
Notice and ex parte orders.— Injunctive relief under this subsection shall be available only after notice to the service provider and an opportunity for the service provider to appear are provided, except for orders ensuring the preservation of evidence or other orders having no material adverse effect on the operation of the service provider’s communications network.
Service provider.— (A)
Monetary relief.— As used in this section, the term “monetary relief” means damages, costs, attorneys’ fees, and any other form of monetary payment.
Other Defenses Not Affected.— The failure of a service provider’s conduct to qualify for limitation of liability under this section shall not bear adversely upon the consideration of a defense by the service provider that the service provider’s conduct is not infringing under this title or any other defense.
Protection of Privacy.— Nothing in this section shall be construed to condition the applicability of subsections (a) through (d) on—
Construction.— Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) describe separate and distinct functions for purposes of applying this section. Whether a service provider qualifies for the limitation on liability in any one of those subsections shall be based solely on the criteria in that subsection, and shall not affect a determination of whether that service provider qualifies for the limitations on liability under any other such subsection.
(Added Pub. L. 105–304, title II, § 202(a),Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2877; amended Pub. L. 106–44, § 1(d),Aug. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 222; Pub. L. 111–295, § 3(a),Dec. 9, 2010, 124 Stat. 3180.)
2010—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 111–295struck out “, in both electronic and hard copy formats” after “Internet” in concluding provisions.
1999—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–44, § 1(d)(1)(A), substituted “Limitation on Liability of Nonprofit Educational Institutions” for “Limitation on liability of nonprofit educational institutions” in heading.
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 106–44, § 1(d)(1)(B), struck out par. heading “Injunctions”.
Subsec. (j)(3). Pub. L. 106–44, § 1(d)(2), substituted “Notice and ex parte orders” for “Notice and Ex Parte Orders” in heading.
Pub. L. 105–304, title II, § 203,Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2886, provided that: “This title [enacting this section and provisions set out as a note under section 101 of this title] and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 28, 1998].”