Aylin Kuzucan, Fenwick & West LLP, JDSupra; U.S. Copyright Office: DMCA Is “Tilted Askew,” Recommends Remedies for Rightsholders
"On May 21, 2020, the U.S. Copyright Office released its first full report—based
on 92,000 written comments, five roundtables and decades of case law—on
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512). The analysis
was intended to determine whether the DMCA’s safe harbor provisions
effectively balanced the needs of online service providers and
rightsholders. The Copyright Office concluded that the balance is
“tilted askew,” with largely ineffective copyright infringement
protections for rightsholders...
Going forward, the Copyright Office plans to post a new
website—copyright.gov/DMCA—with several educational and practical
elements, including model takedown notices and counter-notices. In
addition, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on
Intellectual Property plans to draft changes to the DMCA by the end of
2020. Any changes made will be critical for the copyright community to
monitor closely."
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