What does "Repeat infringer policy" mean?

Law: 17 U.S.C. § 512(i)(1)(A)
Primary source: www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#512
Handled by: Takedown Desk (48 hours)

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To keep any Section 512 safe harbor, a service provider must adopt and reasonably implement a policy that provides for terminating, in appropriate circumstances, subscribers and account holders who are repeat infringers, and must inform users of that policy (17 U.S.C. § 512(i)). The statute does not define how many strikes qualify, but courts have found providers ineligible for the safe harbor when they ignored notices or failed to track repeat offenders. In practice this is why platforms count takedown notices against accounts and why multiple valid notices can result in suspension or termination of an account.

Repeat infringer policy

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