Application of the DMCA Safe Harbor Provisions to Search Engines, by Craig W. Walker, Virginia Journal of Law & Technology, Volume 9, Issue 1 – Winter 2004:
“The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) established procedures that Internet service providers can implement to gain protection from liability for copyright infringement by their users. Under DMCA “notice and takedown” provisions, service providers notified by copyright owners about allegedly infringing content must remove or disable access to that content in order to remain immune from claims for contributory liability. In response to such notifications, search engines have begun to remove links to allegedly infringing content from their search results.”
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