A new Copyright Office rule will go in effect this December 1, 2016, and will require all service providers to now electronically register with the Copyright Office, in order to qualify for DMCA Safe Harbor. This new filing system replaces the old, and will also require even those who have already filed with the Copyright Office to re-register. Further, re-registration will be required every three years thereafter. The cost of each filing now, however, will only be $6, compared the the $105 fee previously set. The DMCA Safe Harbor provision, codified in 17 USC 512, provides limitations to liability for certain conduct of a service provider's users which may violate the copyright ownership of another, so long as the service provider is in compliance. To avoid inadvertent loss of this protection, please contact your copyright counsel or file a new registration by December 31, 2017.