Refile Your Designation of DMCA Agent to Avoid Losing Your Safe Harbor

The Copyright Office has issued final rules updating its practices for receiving the designation of agents under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). Until now it was paper based, but after December 1, 2016, the Copyright Office will switch to an electronic system. If you have previously appointed such an agent to receive notices of claimed infringement in order to take advantage of the Safe Harbor provisions for internet service providers, you must file a new designation before December 31, 2017 in order to ensure that your agent is listed in the new electronic directory.