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Questions tagged [dmca]

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a United States copyright law. It provides copyright holders with a mechanism to address copyright violations, while reducing liability for content providers (such as Stack Exchange).

Often associated with DMCA takedown notices, this law is the means by which the Unites States participates in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) copyright and performances and phonograms treaties.

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Penalising DMCA requests

There are stories that Twitter is closing Twitter accounts of people filing DMCA requests against other Twitter users, including what looks like perfectly legitimate requests by photographers. Is that legal, or is there anything in the DMCA itself…
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Court order for a DMCA counter-notice

I have sent a DMCA notice against a party which is infringing on some material of mine. They have now sent a DMCA counter-notice, and the site replied with the following We will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it within…
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Does bypassing the 10NES lockout chip violate the DMCA?

The first model of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) has a 10NES lockout chip to prevent unauthorized games from being played which many of the companies worked around. The negative result to the consumer is that this chip caused reliability…
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Is it prohibited to accept DMCA takedown notices from non-authorized individuals?

I asked Github to take down some infringing Capcom content. I'm 100% sure that the Capcom doesn't want the content there because it's software to bypass their copy protection. I specifically asked Github to bypass the DMCA route and instead call the…
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YouTube Counter Notification

I am a small music creator operating through a limited liability company in the United Kingdom. One of my music tracks was licensed by a major Hollywood studio, and used in the trailer campaign for a major motion picture, so it received a lot of…
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DMCA counter notice and court action

Suppose there are two parties A and B. A files DMCA against B and the material is taken down. Then B files counter notice against A. Then google sends notice to A that unless A submits notice that they have filed a court order on the infringing…
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How to challenge a DMCA takedown without putting yourself at risk?

I'm an open-source contributor trying to share a repository that a company claims they own. They claim that parts of the project include information (let's call them magic numbers) that were reverse-engineered from their product and therefore the…
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Am I entitled to information that the DMCA claimant is taking a legal action against me within 10 business days after receiving counter DMCA notice?

An item of mine was removed from a third-party website due to a DMCA copyright claim. I'd gone thoroughly into it and noticed serious issues with the document. Namely, contact credentials were incomplete and misleading (lack of full address), and…
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Legality of commercial music in a free game

I am currently in development of a free mobile game (no ads). It is a music mixing game. Are there any legal actions I would need to take to use commercial music in my game? Please let me know if you need any more details.
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