### Question
How is the term service provider defined?


### Answer
The term **service provider** is defined in *17 U.S.C. § 512* as the following:

> an entity offering the transmission, routing, or providing of connections for digital online communications, between or among points specified by a user, of material of the user's choosing, without modification to the content of the material as sent or received

#### Citation:
  - *17 U.S.C. § 512*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 5-COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES**

