Articles About The Digitial Millenium Copyright Act
Q. What is the DMCA?
A. DMCA stands for Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Passed in 1998, the DMCA provides "limitations for service provider liability relating to
material online" and specifically contains a section that stipulates an ISP's responsibilities as an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
- What Is The DMCA?, according to Fort Hays University.
- "Chilling Effects"? Takedown Notices Under Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in pdf format,
a detailed study the DMCA takedown process under Section 512, from 2004-2005 by Jennifer M. Urban and Laura Quilter.
Click here for our comments on this study.
- City of Heroes Lawsuit--New Ruling on False DMCA Takedown Notices, an article by Eric Goldman,
September 16, 2005, concerning the legal battle between Marvel and NCSoft where Marvel was found to have submitted a false 512 NOCI.
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Copyright and Politics Don't Mix , by Lawrence Lessig, Op-Ed piece in the New York Times, October 20, 2008.
- DMCA Online Safe Harbor Empirical Study by Urban and Quilter, an article by Eric Goldman,
November 22, 2005, concerning the DMCA study listed above..
- Allegedly Wrong VeRO Notice of Claimed Infringement Not Actionable--Dudnikov v. MGA
Entertainment, an article by Eric Goldman, January 27, 2006, concerning the legal battle between Tabberone and MGA Entertainment.
- DMCA Takedown Abuse, March 25, 2009 article by LibraryCopyright.net about Google's claims
that 57% of takedowns under the DMCA are from competitors and 37% of takedown notices under the DCMA are invalid copyright claims.
- Google Submission, detailed article from PC World New Zealand about Google's claims
that 57% of takedowns under the DMCA are from competitors and 37% of takedown notices under the DCMA are invalid copyright claims.
March 19, 2009.
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