What is the significance of Section 512(a) of the DMCA to service providers?
If a service provider falls within the requirements of subsection 512(a), then it will not be liable for monetary, injunctive, or other equitable relief. Specifically, a service provider will not be liable for copyright infringement by reason of (1) the service provider?s transmitting, routing, or providing connections for infringing material through a system or network controlled or operated by the service provider or (2) the intermediate and transient storage of material in the course of such transmitting, routing, or providing. Because any copies of the material are ?intermediate and transient,? there are no notice and takedown procedures as required for service providers that fall under subsection 512(c).
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