Digital millennium Copyright Act

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 28, Jun 2021

• The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA, is a 1998 law passed in the US.
• The DMCA oversees the implementation of two 1996 treaties signed by World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) member nations:

1. WIPO Copyright Treaty
2. WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

• At present, WIPO has 193 members including India.

DMCA Notice

• Any content creator of any form, who believes that their original content has been copied by user or a website without authorisation can file an application citing their intellectual property has been stolen or violated.
• Companies operating in nations, which are signatories to the WIPO treaty, are obligated to remove the said content if they receive a valid and legal DMCA takedown notice.
• Users also get a chance to reply to the DMCA notice.