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Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001610

A United States federal law enacted in 1998 that addresses copyright infringement in the digital age. It criminalizes the production and distribution of technologies intended to bypass measures that control access to copyrighted works. The Act also provides safe harbors for online service providers from copyright liability under certain conditions.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001610
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001610",
  "term": "Digital Millennium Copyright Act",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A United States federal law enacted in 1998 that addresses copyright infringement in the digital age. It criminalizes the production and distribution of technologies intended to bypass measures that control access to copyrighted works. The Act also provides safe harbors for online service providers from copyright liability under certain conditions.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/digital-millennium-copyright-act/"
}

Record 1,479 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.