Digital Millennium Copyright Act
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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a bill passed in 1998 that gives internet service providers some immunity from lawsuits and legal hassles with users who offer downloads on their servers that infringe on copyright. The bill merges two WIPO treaties, the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, and adds some US-only laws.[1]
The DMCA is broken up into five titles.
[edit] Title I: "WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act of 1998"
[edit] Title II: "Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act"
[edit] Title III: "Computer Maintenance Competition Assurance Act"
[edit] Title IV: Provisions and Exceptions
[edit] Title V: "Vessel Hull Design Protection Act"
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ "THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT OF 1998 U.S. Copyright Office Summary." http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf
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