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DIGITAL MILLENIUM COPYRIGHT ACT

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Federal statute which is United States copyright law which criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent digital rights management (DRM) which control the access and distribution of copyrighted works. It criminalizes the circumvention of DRM implementation and raises the penalties for copyright infringement on the Internet.

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  • INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER An Internet Service Provider, also known as an ISP. This also may be a term…
  • DIGITAL RIGHTS Copyright and intellectual property rights as they pertain to computers and the Internet.
  • INFRINGEMENT The violation of law or a right. This term is most frequently used with regard…
  • COPYRIGHT Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title…
  • COPYRIGHT OFFICE The branch of the U.S. Library of Congress which handles and facilitates the process of…
  • COPYRIGHT OWNER This may refer to (i) the original author or developer of the work of authorship…
  • FAIR USE An exception to copyright law which provides for limited usage without being liable for copyright…
  • COLLECTIVE WORK A copyright term, this is a work that includes a collection of copyrightable works combined…

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