To qualify for safe harbor (as a service provider) under the DMCA, you must register a designated agent at the US Copyright office: dmca.copyright.gov/osp/publish

This is unrelated to Section 230.

If Moon v Greer goes to the supreme court (unlikely), I suspect Moon will lose not only because of his actions (and inaction) in that particular incident, but because he failed to register his website with the US Copyright office and pay them the $6 extortion for safe harbor.

Ref: blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/

Section 512(c)(2):

(2) 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:

(emphasis mine)

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I'm unsure about your situation @graf given that you're in Canada IIRC, but @alex and @Moon might want to look into this.

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also tagging @matty, @matrix, @freemo, @dcc, and @admin. I'd also tag p@FSE but I think it's still down.

I can't think of any other admins off the top of my head.

I am sorry for the hellthread, I do this out of love.

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@eriner

No worries, thanks for the heads up. I'll check into this and run it by my lawyer for a sanity check. Thanks.

@Matty @matrix @dcc @admin

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