If your site, app, or platform hosts user-generated content, designating a DMCA agent is how you preserve your statutory safe harbor under 17 U.S.C. § 512. Register online — we file with the U.S. Copyright Office, receive incoming DMCA notices, evaluate them against § 512 statutory requirements, and deliver compliance reports to your customer portal.
If your website or app hosts user-generated content — comments, uploads, listings, reviews — 17 U.S.C. § 512 gives you a statutory defense against liability for what your users post. That safe harbor only applies if you've designated a DMCA agent with the U.S. Copyright Office. Without designation, you can be held directly liable for infringing material your users upload.
We receive every DMCA takedown notice on your behalf and evaluate it against statutory requirements. You get a clear compliance report with our recommendation — not a forwarded email.
We register and maintain your designated agent status at the U.S. Copyright Office, including the triennial renewal. Your public contact information stays ours, not yours.
Clear timelines, documented responses, and an attorney-prepared recommendation for every notice. When something requires legal work beyond the agent role, we refer to counsel — transparently.
Transparent pricing for designated agent registration and ongoing DMCA compliance. Start with registration, add agent service whenever you're ready.
Designed to run without requiring your attention. Every step is tracked in your customer portal, so you have a clean compliance record whenever you need one.
Complete a short secure form with your business and domain information. Pay the one-time $19.99 registration fee. Takes under five minutes.
Our team submits your designated agent registration to the U.S. Copyright Office — typically within the same business day. You receive confirmation and your registration number.
DMCA takedown notices sent to your agent contact arrive with our team — not your inbox. Each notice is evaluated against 17 U.S.C. § 512 statutory requirements by licensed counsel.
You receive an attorney-prepared JACO Compliance Report with our recommendation and statutory deadline — documented in your portal for your records. You decide, we document.
Only if you want the statutory safe harbor. Designating an agent isn't legally mandatory — but if your site or app hosts user-generated content and you haven't designated, you forfeit the protection § 512(c) provides and can be held directly liable for infringing material your users upload. Most small businesses don't think about it until a takedown notice arrives with no designated agent to receive it.
No. JACO Digital is a DMCA compliance service, governed by our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy — not a law firm engagement. Our notice evaluations are prepared by licensed counsel, but there is no attorney-client relationship between us and our customers. When a matter requires legal representation beyond the designated agent role, we can refer to independent counsel.
We log it, evaluate it against the statutory requirements of 17 U.S.C. § 512, prepare a JACO Compliance Report with our recommendation, and deliver everything to you within your statutory deadline. You decide what to do; we document it.
Plans include up to 10 per month. Overages are available at a flat per-notice rate. If you're regularly above ten, talk to us — we'll work out something that makes sense.
After you register and we review your information, we file with the U.S. Copyright Office — typically the same business day. Statutory activation is usually within minutes of filing.
No call required. No sales cycle. Complete registration online and we take it from there — filing with the U.S. Copyright Office, routing your notices, delivering compliance reports.