If you have a website or app that includes user-generated or user-submitted content, you are vulnerable to a lawsuit from the copyright owners of that content. This applies to all social media sites/apps and any apps/sites with public forums or other types of user content. The U.S. Copyright Act provides for statutory damages of up to $150,000.00 per infringement. The good news is that you are shielded from all such liability under the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) – as long as you comply with all of the necessary provisions, including registration. In this post,…