Google receives 20 million "takedown" requests, officially known as DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notices, a month.
The current enforcement approach for larger content distributors is the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), which enables law enforcement to submit immediate takedown notices.
FORBES: Education Is Best Weapon Against Web Piracy, not SOPA
Fung argued that he was shielded from liability by the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
FORBES: Movie Studios Win Important Appeal Against File Sharing Giant isoHunt
The bill gives consumers new avenues to unlock their devices and media under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in ways that do not infringe on copyright.
They argue that the software is illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which prohibits the distribution of software or devices intended to circumvent copyright protections.
In her testimony last week before the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, Register Pallante noted the need to review the efficacy of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
FORBES: Activists/Tech Groups Ask Congress to Seriously Fix Phone Unlocking, Not Just Check the Box
In October 2012, a change was made to the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that temporarily allowed owners to unlock their smartphones without the need to ask their network beforehand.
After the Librarian of Congress declared that unlocking a cellphone violated copyright law under the DMCA (that's Digital Millennium Copyright Act) activists kicked into high gear in an attempt to prevent or reverse the decision.
One purpose of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is to protect the technology of file sharing, and companies that use it, by inventing a theoretical "safe harbor" that shelters all sorts of user-powered platforms from the consequences of illegal actions by the users.
For more context and information on the technical aspects of the issue, you can review the NTIA's letter to the Library of Congress' Register of Copyrights (.pdf), voicing strong support for maintaining the previous exception to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for cell phone carrier unlocking.
ENGADGET: White House responds to petition: unlocking phones should be legalized
The case centered on whether YouTube qualified for a safe harbor created by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA).
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