Reading the Tea Leaves: ISP Obligations After The Second Circuit’s Viacom v. YouTube Decision (2012)
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Introduction Although the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not require service providers to actively monitor their sites for infringing content, a provider with” knowledge” of infringing activities must act quickly to remove or disable access to these materials. Knowledge comes in two flavors- – actual and imputed – -but after the Second Circuit’s decision,
- Published in Copyright Law, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Intellectual Property Law, Intermediary Liability, Internet, YouTube
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A Summary of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1999)
Sunday, 05 September 1999
On October 28, 1998 President Clinton signed into law the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Pub.L. 105-304 [“DMCA”]. The DMCA makes clear what was understood by many: that the U.S. Copyright Act protects the words that you are reading on this Internet page in the same manner as if they were in a book or a
- Published in Copyright Law, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA, Intellectual Property Law