The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a 1998 United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization. It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works

1. DIGITAL
MILLENIUM
COPYRIGHT
ACT (DMCA)

2. WHAT IS DMCA?
DMCA is a
United
States
Copyright
Law
It was
enacted in
the year
1998
It
criminalizes
the unlawful
use of
copyrighted
material
Applicable
only in the
United
States

3. WHAT IS PROTECTED UNDER DMCA?
WRITTEN TEXT PICTURES ARTWORK MUSIC VIDEOS
SOFTWARE

4. PURPOSE OF DMCA
Increasing cases of
online copyright
infringement
To protect the rights of the
copyright owner without
resorting to courts
Takedown notices are
issued to Internet Service
Providers (ISPs) who then
remove the infringing
material.

5. WHAT IS DMCA TAKEDOWN?
• Users post the infringing material on ISP’s platforms (Eg: Instagram)
• Owner of the copyrighted work issues takedown notice to the ISP.
• ISP takes down the infringing material and then informs the User.
• User can file a counter notice for the content to be put up again.

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