DIGITAL MILLENNIUM

COPYRIGHT ACT

Stephanie Edwards

Important Terms Anti-circumvention Copyright- “original works of authorship" including literary, dramatic,

musical, architectural” etc. (6) Liability- “legal responsibility” (7) Infringement- “A violation, as of a law, regulation, or agreement; a

breach” (8)

Overview of DMCA

Signed into law October 28th, 1998 by President Bill Clinton (1)

Implements two World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO) treaties (1)

DMCA

Implements the WIPO Copyright Treaty & the WIPO Performance & Phonogram Treaty (1)

What can be copyrighted? Music Movies TV shows Documents Quotes Just about anything

What happens if you copyright

Prosecution

“Safe Harbor” (2)

Affects of DCMA

What is copyright

Who does it impact?

Everyone in some way or another

Sources1. http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf (summary of titles)

2. http://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/dmca (safe harbor)

3. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=33a2d784-e055-4414-98cc-a6b07252f416%40sessionmgr113&vid=8&hid=119 (gestation period)

4. http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/html/cem/cem99/cem9913.html

5. http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/death-by-dmc0a

6. http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/definitions.html (copyright def)

7. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liable (liable def)

8. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/infringement (infringement def)