Digital Millennium Copyright Act
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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a 1998 U.S. law that implements international copyright treaties and strengthens protections for digital content, including anti-circumvention measures and safe harbor provisions for online service providers.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T758274 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Digital Millennium Copyright Act Context triple: [U.S. Copyright Act, amendedBy, Digital Millennium Copyright Act]
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A.
U.S. Copyright Act
The U.S. Copyright Act is the primary federal statute that defines and governs copyright protection, rights, and limitations in the United States.
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B.
WIPO Copyright Treaty
The WIPO Copyright Treaty is an international agreement that updates and strengthens copyright protection for authors in the digital environment, complementing existing global copyright conventions.
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C.
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace is a seminal book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that explores how software code functions as a form of regulation shaping behavior and governance in the digital world.
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D.
PRO-IP Act of 2008
The PRO-IP Act of 2008 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened civil and criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights and created the position of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator in the executive branch.
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E.
Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks
"Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks" is an essay by Richard Stallman examining how digital technology and global networks challenge traditional copyright regimes and affect users' freedoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Digital Millennium Copyright Act Target entity description: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a 1998 U.S. law that implements international copyright treaties and strengthens protections for digital content, including anti-circumvention measures and safe harbor provisions for online service providers.
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A.
U.S. Copyright Act
The U.S. Copyright Act is the primary federal statute that defines and governs copyright protection, rights, and limitations in the United States.
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B.
WIPO Copyright Treaty
The WIPO Copyright Treaty is an international agreement that updates and strengthens copyright protection for authors in the digital environment, complementing existing global copyright conventions.
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C.
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace is a seminal book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that explores how software code functions as a form of regulation shaping behavior and governance in the digital world.
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D.
PRO-IP Act of 2008
The PRO-IP Act of 2008 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened civil and criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights and created the position of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator in the executive branch.
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E.
Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks
"Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks" is an essay by Richard Stallman examining how digital technology and global networks challenge traditional copyright regimes and affect users' freedoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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copyright law ⓘ |
| affects |
internet service providers
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search engines ⓘ user-generated content platforms ⓘ web hosting providers ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
copyrighted works
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digital works ⓘ online service providers ⓘ |
| chapter |
Title I
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Title II ⓘ Title III ⓘ Title IV ⓘ Title V ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Title 17 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| containsProvision |
anti-circumvention measures
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criminal penalties for certain copyright infringements ⓘ limitations on liability for online service providers ⓘ notice-and-takedown procedure ⓘ provisions on copyright management information ⓘ safe harbor provisions ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizedFor |
abuse of notice-and-takedown procedures
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potential chilling effects on free speech ⓘ restricting fair use in practice ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1998-10-28 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| establishes |
limitations on remedies against service providers
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notice-and-takedown system ⓘ safe harbor for online service providers ⓘ |
| implements |
WIPO Copyright Treaty
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WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States federal law ⓘ |
| legalConcept |
anti-circumvention
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notice and takedown ⓘ safe harbor ⓘ |
| protects |
digital rights management systems
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technological protection measures ⓘ |
| purpose |
to address copyright issues in the digital environment
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to implement international copyright treaties in U.S. law ⓘ to strengthen copyright protection for digital content ⓘ |
| regulates |
circumvention of technological protection measures
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removal or alteration of copyright management information ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act
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linked to:
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
United States Copyright Act of 1976 ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Copyright Act
|
| shortName |
DMCA
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linked to:
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
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| signedBy | Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1998-10-28 ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
digital media
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intellectual property law ⓘ internet law ⓘ |
| title |
Title I – WIPO Treaties Implementation
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Title II – Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act ⓘ
linked to:
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Title III – Computer Maintenance Competition Assurance Act ⓘ Title IV – Miscellaneous Provisions ⓘ Title V – Vessel Hull Design Protection Act ⓘ |
| titleOf | Public Law 105-304 ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1998 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Digital Millennium Copyright Act Description of subject: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a 1998 U.S. law that implements international copyright treaties and strengthens protections for digital content, including anti-circumvention measures and safe harbor provisions for online service providers.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
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title
→
Title II – Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act
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linked to: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
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relatedTo
→
Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act
ⓘ
linked to: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
linked to: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Public Law 105-304
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authorizes
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Librarian of Congress to grant exemptions to anti-circumvention rules
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linked to: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
linked to: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
subject linked to:
Title III
linked to: Digital Millennium Copyright Act