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Online Service Provider Safe Harbor

Summary

Safe harbor in U.S. copyright law commonly refers to limitations on intermediary liability for online service providers under 17 U.S.C. § 512.

Verified Facts

• STAT-DMCA-512 is the OIR seed statute record for 17 U.S.C. § 512.
• OIR seed sources include Cornell LII and GovInfo pages for 17 U.S.C. § 512.
• CASE-PERFECT10-V-CCBILL is an OIR seed case record addressing DMCA § 512 safe harbor requirements.

Historical Context

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Legal Analysis

Legal analysis has not yet been drafted. Future work should compare statutory text against official U.S. Code sources and add additional relevant case law.

Relationships

• TOPIC-SAFE-HARBOR cites SRC-USC-17-512-GOVINFO.
• TOPIC-SAFE-HARBOR related_to STAT-DMCA-512.
• TOPIC-SAFE-HARBOR related_to TOPIC-INTERMEDIARY-LIABILITY.
• TOPIC-SAFE-HARBOR 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).
• SRC-PERFECT10-V-CCBILL-JUSTIA: Perfect 10, Inc. v. CCBill LLC, 488 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2007).

Research Debt

• Summarize CASE-PERFECT10-V-CCBILL holdings on safe harbor and red flag knowledge.
• Add later § 512 case law with primary sources.
• Distinguish U.S. safe harbor doctrine from other jurisdictions.