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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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It is the bane of Twitch streamers and YouTubers and the enforcement tool of the entertainment industry — the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA.

From The Verge • Apr. 19, 2022

Image: Aaron Reynolds “The students had all these interactions that are not supposed to happen under the DMCA, with the site operators,” Aistars said in an interview with The Verge.

From The Verge • Feb. 11, 2022

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

The open letter appears to lay the blame on the DMCA, which protects websites from being sued if users upload copyright music.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2016

It is by no means certain which metaphor will win the day, still less which resolution will triumph in other countries that have passed versions of the DMCA.

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