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A recent 9th Circuit decision, issued Dec. 20, 2011, more clearly outlines what is expected of online service providers in order for them to be eligible for protection under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) section 512(c) safe harbor, which limits service providers’ liability for “infringement of copyright by reason of the storage at the direction of a user of material that resides on a system or network controlled or operated by or for the service provider.”