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Overview

DMCA notices are letters from copyright owners (or agents working on their behalf) to internet service providers identifying individual examples of illegal file sharing activity on their networks and asking them to take steps to prevent it. In the case of the RIAA, these are known as Copyright Infringement Notifications. They are also often referred to as "cease and desist" notices.

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DMCA Notice Procedure

If a service provider receives such a notice and wants to maintain its limited liability status under the provisions of Title II of the DMCA, it must respond accordingly. It must take whatever steps it deems necessary to prevent the infringement from continuing, though the DMCA does not detail what those steps should be.

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