Copyright, Cafe Press, and DMCA

Plagarism Today talks about:

[A lawsuit that] centers around the popular printing site CafePress and, specifically, whether or not the service qualifies as an online service provider that should receive protection under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

In short, although Cafe Press avoided major damages because the content owner only registered copyright after the material was uploaded to Cafe Press, the damages could have gone into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. More notewrothy, Cafe Press did not qualify for safe harbor protections.