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Case No. 14-56596

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MAVRIX PHOTOGRAPHS LLC, Plaintiff

–

Appellant,

v.

LIVEJOURNAL, INC. Defendant

–

Appellee. On Appeal from the U.S. District Court, Central District of California Case No. 8:13-cv-00517-CJC-JPR

BRIEF OF ONLINE SERVICE PROVIDERS ETSY, KICKSTARTER, PINTEREST, AND TUMBLR IN SUPPORT OF APPELLEE

Brian M. Willen W

ILSON

S

ONSINI

G

OODRICH

&

R

OSATI

1301 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor New York, New York 10019 (212) 999-5800 Sara Rowe (

Admission Pending)

W

ILSON

S

ONSINI

G

OODRICH

&

R

OSATI

650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304 (650) 493-9300

Counsel for Amici Curiae

Case: 14-56596, 06/22/2015, ID: 9583534, DktEntry: 34, Page 1 of 39

i CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS Pursuant to Rule 26.1 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure,

amici

make the following disclosures. Etsy, Inc. does not have a parent corporation and no publicly held corporation owns 10% or more of its stock. Kickstarter, Inc. does not have a parent corporation and no pub-licly held corporation owns 10% or more of its stock. Pinterest, Inc. does not have a parent corporation and no publicly held corporation owns 10% or more of its stock. Tumblr, Inc. does not have a parent corpora-tion and no publicly held corporation owns 10% or more of its stock.


ii

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page

INTEREST OF THE

AMICI

..................................................................... 2

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ................................................................... 5

ARGUMENT .............................................................................................. 7

I.

THE DMCA ALLOWS SERVICE PROVIDERS TO REVIEW CONTENT WITHOUT LOSING PROTECTION .......... 7

A.

Service Providers Do Not Lose 512(c) Protection By

Moderating Their Users’ Submissions

.................................. 7

B.

Th

e DMCA’s Knowledge Provisions

Reflect The Difficulties That Online Services Face In Determining Whether Material Is Infringing ............................................ 10

1.

The Knowledge Provisions Are Deliberately Narrow .......................................................................... 11

2.

Determining Infringement Requires Consideration of Complex Factual And Legal Questions ...................................................................... 14

3.

Determining Ownership, Authorization, And Fair Use Is Especially Challenging For Online Services......................................................................... 17

II.

MAVRIX’S

APPROACH WOULD DISCOURAGE SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM MONITORING OR INTERACTING WITH USER-SUBMITTED CONTENT ........................................ 23

A.

The DMCA Gives Providers Room To Monitor Their Services For Objectionable or Irrelevant Material .............. 23

B.

The DMCA Allows Service Providers To Help Users Find The Most Desirable Content ........................................ 25

C.

Proper Application Of The DMCA Protects Legitimate Online Expression ................................................................. 29

CONCLUSION ........................................................................................ 31 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE ........................................................ 32


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