In 1998 Congress Passed The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (dmca). ?

Posted by Copyright Law Enquirer on July 14th, 2009 at 04:23pm

In 1998 Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This legislation had an impact on Internet Service Providers. It affected them in the following way:
1. it created a “safe harbor” protecting them from certain copyright infringement claims.
2. it created a “safe harbor” protecting them from prosecution under federal child pornography statutes.
3. it expanded the “fair use” privileges available to Internet Service Providers.
4. it made certain forms of encryption illegal, because they violated the public’s rights under the “fair use” rule.

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