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Thepetition of the day is:

16-217

Issue:Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in concluding that the affirmation of good faith belief that a given use of material use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law, required under Section 512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), may be purely subjective and, therefore, that an unreasonable beliefsuch as a belief formed without consideration of the statutory fair use factorswill not subject the sender of a takedown notice to liability under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

Cases: Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.

Recommended Citation: Kate Howard, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 20, 2016, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/09/petition-of-the-day-993/