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“The idea is you need to make it easy for copyright owners to locate who you send infringement notices to,” he says. “They shouldn’t have to go hunting around.”"

It seems to me that including a "DMCA takedown request" link in your footer should be good enough, but IANAL..

Also, since I'm quoting this article, perhaps HN should have one ;)

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To quote the exact law: "The limitations on liability established in this subsection apply to a service provider only if the service provider has designated an agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement described in paragraph (3), by making available through its service, including on its website in a location accessible to the public, and by providing to the Copyright Office, substantially the following information"

IANAL, but it looks like it is not enough to put it in the footer if you don't also give the information to the Copyright office.

Exactly. That's what this is all about -- an issue of a technicality where people did not pay the fee and register an agent with the copyright office, even if they did have a link in the footer.

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