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DMCA

American  

abbreviation

  1. Digital Millennium Copyright Act: an act of Congress (1998) that adapted copyright law to digital materials and technologies.


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DMCA, or the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, has caused issues across all video sharing and livestreaming platforms, with creators getting videos unknowingly taken down and demonetized for having copyrighted material.

From The Verge Dec. 4, 2021

That’s why EFF has filed a lawsuit against the US government seeking to invalidate Section 1201 of the DMCA.

From The Guardian Sep. 8, 2016

It would be a major blow against one of the most controversial, and most unnecessarily harmful, sections of the DMCA.

From The Verge Jul. 21, 2016

"That's a problem for the industry, but not one that will be solved by misguided attacks on YouTube and the DMCA."

From BBC Jun. 21, 2016

There was a respectable argument that these devices did in fact violate the DMCA.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle

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