Oct 31 2008
Happy 10th Birthday, DMCA
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act celebrated its 10th anniversary this week. That milestone provides us with an excuse to take a brief look at the statute and some ways it has affected the digital marketplace.
The DMCA was initially intended as the US implementation of two treaties adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 1996 to establish rules for two evolving forms of digital media: music and computer software and databases. However, as the legislation was introduced in Congress, additional provisions were added in response to lobbying efforts by two distinct constituencies.
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