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17 U.S.C. § 512¶

Summary¶

17 U.S.C. § 512 is a United States copyright statute commonly associated with online service provider safe harbor provisions.

Verified Facts¶

The statute is codified at 17 U.S.C. § 512.¹
OIR seed sources include the Cornell LII page and the official GovInfo U.S. Code page for 17 U.S.C. § 512.²

Historical Context¶

Historical context has not yet been drafted. Future work should add statutory history from official legislative sources.

Legal Analysis¶

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Relationships¶

STAT-DMCA-512 cites SRC-USC-17-512-LII.
STAT-DMCA-512 cites SRC-USC-17-512-GOVINFO.
STAT-DMCA-512 related_to TOPIC-SAFE-HARBOR.
STAT-DMCA-512 related_to TOPIC-INTERMEDIARY-LIABILITY.
STAT-DMCA-512 related_to TOPIC-DMCA-TAKEDOWN-RESPONSE.
STAT-DMCA-512 related_to CASE-LENZ-V-UNIVERSAL.
STAT-DMCA-512 related_to CASE-PERFECT10-V-CCBILL.

Sources¶

SRC-USC-17-512-LII: 17 U.S.C. § 512.
SRC-USC-17-512-GOVINFO: 17 U.S.C. § 512 (GovInfo).

Additional sources (not yet cited in footnotes):

SRC-PERFECT10-V-CCBILL-JUSTIA: Perfect 10, Inc. v. CCBill LLC, 488 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2007).

Research Debt¶

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Review per-fact footnote-to-source mapping; multiple sources are cited on this page.

Document metadata¶

Enactment date: 1998
Last verified: 2026-07-19

SRC-USC-17-512-LII — 17 U.S.C. § 512. Primary authority. ↩
SRC-USC-17-512-GOVINFO — 17 U.S.C. § 512 (GovInfo). Primary authority. ↩