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'''Digital Millennium Copyright Act'''(DMCA) is a United States copyright law which criminalizes production and dissemination of technology whose primary purpose is to circumvent measures taken to protect copyright, not merely infringement of copyright itself, and heightens the penalties for copyright infringement on the Internet. Passed on October 8, 1998 by a unanimous vote in the United States Senate and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 28, 1998, the DMCA amended title 17 of the US Code to extend the reach of copyright, while limiting the liability of Online Providers from copyright infringement by their users.
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'''Digital Millennium Copyright Act''' (DMCA) is a United States copyright law which criminalizes production and dissemination of technology whose primary purpose is to circumvent measures taken to protect copyright, not merely infringement of copyright itself, and heightens the penalties for copyright infringement on the Internet. Passed on October 8, 1998 by a unanimous vote in the United States Senate and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 28, 1998, the DMCA amended title 17 of the US Code to extend the reach of copyright, while limiting the liability of Online Providers from copyright infringement by their users.
 
   
 
   
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U.S. Copyright Office:Digital Millennium Copyright Act<br>
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http://www.copyright.gov/reports/studies/dmca/dmca_study.html
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Text of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act<br>
 
Text of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act<br>

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Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States copyright law which criminalizes production and dissemination of technology whose primary purpose is to circumvent measures taken to protect copyright, not merely infringement of copyright itself, and heightens the penalties for copyright infringement on the Internet. Passed on October 8, 1998 by a unanimous vote in the United States Senate and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 28, 1998, the DMCA amended title 17 of the US Code to extend the reach of copyright, while limiting the liability of Online Providers from copyright infringement by their users.

U.S. Copyright Office:Digital Millennium Copyright Act
http://www.copyright.gov/reports/studies/dmca/dmca_study.html


Text of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.2281:


Digital Millennium Copyright Act at Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act

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