DMCA
Digital copyright statute
DMCA stands for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a 1998 U.S. law governing digital copyright.
It criminalizes circumventing copy protection and provides a process for removing infringing content from websites.
A DMCA takedown notice demands that a platform remove material alleged to violate copyright: The video was pulled after a DMCA claim.
Exclusive reproduction rights
- takedownForced grounding maneuver
- infringementViolation of rights
- safe harborProtected place for vessels
- noticeBecome aware of
1998 · Clinton · intellectual property · statute · Congress · liability · exemption · rulemaking
Become aware of
- removalAct of taking away
- complaintExpression of discontent
- YouTubeVideo-sharing website
- hostingReceiving guests socially
platform · copyright holder · cease and desist · putback · good faith · expeditious · false claim · perjury
Official content restriction
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
- bad faithIntentional deception in dealings
- criticismJudgment of faults
fair use · chilling effect · weaponized · harassment · false claim · competitor · parody · news reporting
Converting data into code
- DRMDigital content restriction technology
- copy protectionMeasures preventing unauthorized duplication
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
jailbreak · region code · CSS · access control · trafficking · reverse engineering · interoperability · DVD
copyright
Exclusive reproduction rights
- takedownForced grounding maneuver
- infringementViolation of rights
- safe harborProtected place for vessels
notice · 1998 · Clinton · intellectual property · statute · Congress · liability · exemption · rulemaking · triennial
notice
Become aware of
hosting · platform · copyright holder · cease and desist · putback · good faith · expeditious · false claim · perjury · restoration
censorship
Official content restriction
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
- bad faithIntentional deception in dealings
criticism · fair use · chilling effect · weaponized · harassment · false claim · competitor · parody · news reporting · overreach
encryption
Converting data into code
- DRMDigital content restriction technology
- copy protectionMeasures preventing unauthorized duplication
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
cracking · jailbreak · region code · CSS · access control · trafficking · reverse engineering · interoperability · DVD · Blu-ray
- intellectual propertypatents, copyright, patent, trademark, trademarks
- Art Copyrightcopyright, artistic rights, artist rights, reproduction rights, infringement
- digital copyrightcopyright law, DRM, digital rights, infringement, fair use
- digital rightsdigital rights, digital freedom, digital privacy, data privacy, data protection
- platform rulesterms of service, community guidelines, content moderation, user agreement, acceptable use
- U.S. LawsCivil Rights Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, HIPAA
DMCAfair use
Limited copying permitted legally
open access · public domain · right to repair · jailbreaking · user rights
DMCAcopyleft
Mandatory openness inheritance clause
Creative Commons · GPL · open source · public domain · GNU
- DMCA takedownLegal removal order for infringement