Ok, I'm trying to get myself protected from future user-submitted content claims and I just mailed my designation of agent form and the $105 filing fee (this form:
http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agent.pdf). But now I'm second guessing if I filled it out properly:
I am a website designer/developer with my own LLC business (just me). I have my own server and I host my own business website, client websites, and my personal "for fun" website (the one that the Getty image was "found" on).
I filed my Web development business as the "service provider" (ie: My Web Design Business, LLC). Under "Alternative Names", I left that blank. I entered my own name, address, and contact info as the registered agent.
The website that the Getty image was "found" on is the personal "for fun" website on my server. The WhoIs information for this personal website is under my name and address also (if that matters).
Am I safe using my business name as the service provider since it's developed by me (the business owner) and hosted on my server?
Should I add this into the footer of my "for fun" site "This free service is provided by
My Web Design Business, LLC"?
The reason I'm second guessing myself is because I see most other registrations have the "service provider" as the actual website name or domain name. But again, my situations is a little out of the ordinary.
From
http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/:
Definition: For purposes of section 512(c), a “service provider” is defined as a provider of online services or network access, or the operator of facilities therefor, including an entity offering the transmission, routing, or providing of connections for digital online communications, between or among points specified by a user, of material of the user’s choosing, without modification to the content of the material as sent or received.