Digital Millennium Copyright Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:DMCA
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Title_17_of_the_United_States_Code
gptkbp:appliesTo digital media
internet service providers
copyright holders
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criminalizes circumvention of access control measures
trafficking in circumvention devices
gptkbp:criticizedFor chilling effect on free speech
impact on fair use
impact on security research
gptkbp:dateEnacted October 28, 1998
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:United_States_Copyright_Office
gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Justice
gptkbp:exemptionProcess triennial rulemaking by the Librarian of Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Digital Millennium Copyright Act
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Lenz_v._Universal_Music_Corp.
gptkb:Universal_City_Studios,_Inc._v._Reimerdes
gptkb:Viacom_International_Inc._v._YouTube,_Inc.
gptkbp:provides anti-circumvention provisions
notice-and-takedown system
safe harbor for online service providers
safe harbor provisions
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_Copyright_Treaty
gptkb:World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_Performances_and_Phonograms_Treaty
gptkbp:section gptkb:Section_1201
gptkb:Section_512
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkbp:subject gptkb:intellectual_property
digital rights management
anti-circumvention
safe harbor
gptkbp:title gptkb:Public_Law_105-304
gptkbp:website https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Clinton_administration
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5