Here is how my country does safe harbor: If you are a website like Hacker News that publishes user-generated data, you are considered a "hosting provider". Hosting providers have no responsibility to check or enforce legality of the user generated content as long as they log the IP addresses of the users for at least 1 year.
This in my opinion is a much neater solution than DMCA.
Citing from the related law:
>ARTICLE 2
>e) Access Provider means real persons or legal entities that provide access to Internet for its users,
>f) Content Provider means real persons or legal entities that create, amend or provide all kinds of information or data presented to users on the Internet,
...
>m) Hosting Provider means real or legal entities that provide or operate systems that host services and content,
...
>ARTICLE 5
>(1) Hosting provider is not obligated to check the content it provides or to investigate whether it is an illegal activity.
>(2) Hosting provider is obliged to remove the content that is against to law if it is notified according to Articles 8 and 9 of this Law.
>(3) Hosting provider is obliged to keep traffic information for the services it provides for a period of not less than one year and not more than two years, to be determined in the regulation, and to ensure the accuracy, integrity and privacy of this information.
...
>ARTICLE 8
>(2) The decision to block access is given by the judge in the case of the investigation and by the court in the case of prosecution. In case of any delay in the investigation, the public prosecutor may also decide to remove the content and/or to block access. In this case, the public prosecutor’s decision shall be submitted to the judge’s approval within twenty-four hours, and the judge shall make his decision within twenty-four hours at the latest. If the decision is not approved within this period, the measure shall be removed immediately by the public prosecutor.
>(3) A copy of the decision to remove the content and/or to block access given by the judge, the court or the public prosecutor shall be sent to the Authority for the further action.
>(4) The decision to remove the content and/or block access to publications whose content constitutes the crimes stated in the first paragraph shall be given ex officio by the President. This decision shall be notified to the relevant content, hosting and access provider and is asked to carry out its requirements.
This in my opinion is a much neater solution than DMCA.
Citing from the related law:
>ARTICLE 2
>e) Access Provider means real persons or legal entities that provide access to Internet for its users,
>f) Content Provider means real persons or legal entities that create, amend or provide all kinds of information or data presented to users on the Internet,
...
>m) Hosting Provider means real or legal entities that provide or operate systems that host services and content,
...
>ARTICLE 5
>(1) Hosting provider is not obligated to check the content it provides or to investigate whether it is an illegal activity.
>(2) Hosting provider is obliged to remove the content that is against to law if it is notified according to Articles 8 and 9 of this Law.
>(3) Hosting provider is obliged to keep traffic information for the services it provides for a period of not less than one year and not more than two years, to be determined in the regulation, and to ensure the accuracy, integrity and privacy of this information.
...
>ARTICLE 8
>(2) The decision to block access is given by the judge in the case of the investigation and by the court in the case of prosecution. In case of any delay in the investigation, the public prosecutor may also decide to remove the content and/or to block access. In this case, the public prosecutor’s decision shall be submitted to the judge’s approval within twenty-four hours, and the judge shall make his decision within twenty-four hours at the latest. If the decision is not approved within this period, the measure shall be removed immediately by the public prosecutor.
>(3) A copy of the decision to remove the content and/or to block access given by the judge, the court or the public prosecutor shall be sent to the Authority for the further action.
>(4) The decision to remove the content and/or block access to publications whose content constitutes the crimes stated in the first paragraph shall be given ex officio by the President. This decision shall be notified to the relevant content, hosting and access provider and is asked to carry out its requirements.