Searching for the “old” 1998-2016 DMCA Designated Agent Directory?

December 31, 2017 has come and gone. Along with the conclusion of 2017, we saw the end of the “old” paper DMCA Designated Agent Directory system and the implementation of the new digital system.

Per the United States Copyright Office:

“This directory (the “old directory”) is a historical record consisting of digital scans of paper forms used by service providers to designate agents with the U.S. Copyright Office to receive notifications of claims of copyright infringement pursuant to section 512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) under interim regulations that were in effect between November 3, 1998 and November 30, 2016. On December 1, 2016, the interim regulations were superseded by new regulations governing the use of a new online registration system through which all DMCA agent designations must now be made. All designations contained in the old directory were made prior to December 1, 2016, and as of January 1, 2018, have expired and are no longer valid.”

For those of you that are hunting for the “old” paper system, you can locate it here: https://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/list/a_agents.html

DMCAAgent.com strongly urges you to ensure that you have properly registered with the new digital directory. The failure to property register a DMCA Agent could lead to disastrous consequences.