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Higher education institutes qualify as service providers under the DMCA and have been receiving such notices for some years now. Since the 2006-07 academic year, Carleton received over 227 DMCA notices; Carleton has received thousands.
While the copyright owners may suggest courses of action that colleges could take to deal with infringements, it is ultimately up to the institutions themselves to decide on the exact process(es) they will follow, so long as alleged infringers stop sharing the copyrighted materials as a result.
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