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Intermediary Liability

Summary

Intermediary liability concerns when online platforms, service providers, or other intermediaries may be held legally responsible for user or third-party content or conduct.

Verified Facts

• TOPIC-SAFE-HARBOR is the OIR seed topic record for U.S. copyright safe harbor under 17 U.S.C. § 512.¹
• STAT-DMCA-512 is the OIR seed statute record for 17 U.S.C. § 512.¹
• CASE-PERFECT10-V-CCBILL is an OIR seed case record addressing DMCA safe harbor requirements.²
• OIR has not yet summarized non-copyright intermediary liability doctrines on this page.¹

Historical Context

Historical context has not yet been drafted.

Legal Analysis

Legal analysis has not yet been drafted. Future work should distinguish copyright safe harbor, defamation, and other intermediary liability frameworks by jurisdiction.

Relationships

• TOPIC-INTERMEDIARY-LIABILITY cites SRC-USC-17-512-GOVINFO.
• TOPIC-INTERMEDIARY-LIABILITY related_to TOPIC-SAFE-HARBOR.
• TOPIC-INTERMEDIARY-LIABILITY related_to STAT-DMCA-512.
• TOPIC-INTERMEDIARY-LIABILITY related_to CASE-PERFECT10-V-CCBILL.
• TOPIC-INTERMEDIARY-LIABILITY related_to EVENT-FSB-DUROV-TELEGRAM-2026.
• TOPIC-INTERMEDIARY-LIABILITY related_to ORG-TELEGRAM.

Sources

1. SRC-USC-17-512-GOVINFO: 17 U.S.C. § 512 (GovInfo).
2. SRC-PERFECT10-V-CCBILL-JUSTIA: Perfect 10, Inc. v. CCBill LLC, 488 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2007).

Additional sources (not yet cited in footnotes):

• SRC-AP-DUROV-FSB-2026: AP News — Russia Accuses Telegram CEO Pavel Durov of Aiding Terrorism.

Research Debt

• Summarize CASE-PERFECT10-V-CCBILL and add later safe harbor case law.
• Add sources for non-copyright intermediary liability doctrines.
• Compare U.S. safe harbor rules with other jurisdictions.
• Incorporate comparative analysis of Russian facilitation charges against messaging-platform operators (EVENT-FSB-DUROV-TELEGRAM-2026) once primary FSB materials are available.
• Review per-fact footnote-to-source mapping; multiple sources are cited on this page.

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• Last verified: 2026-07-29

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

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