United States · Act
In forceDigital Millennium Copyright Act
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860 (1998)
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act implements international copyright treaties and introduced rules addressing technological protection measures, copyright-management information and limitations on liability for online service providers.
Enacted on 28 October 1998. Different provisions took effect according to different statutory timetables; some have subsequently been amended or incorporated into the United States Code.
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Official text
1 published document
Original Statutes at Large text
English · Edition date: 28 October 1998
Connected legal intelligence
Connected cases
11 selected cases with reviewed connections to this instrument.
- wikiHow, Inc. v. OpenAI, Inc.
The original complaint filed 2026-08-21 pleads removal of copyright-management information from articles.
- Round Hill Music LP v. Anthropic PBC
The original complaint filed 2026-08-17 pleads circumvention and removal or alteration of copyright-management information.
- Round Hill Music LP v. Suno, Inc.
The original complaint filed 2026-08-17 pleads circumvention and removal or alteration of copyright-management information against the named defendants.
- Sullivan v. OpenAI Foundation
The original complaint filed 2026-08-14 pleads distribution of works with copyright-management information removed.
- EVOX Productions LLC v. Midjourney, Inc.
The original complaint filed 2026-07-30 pleads a DMCA claim for removal of copyright-management information. The heading cites §1201 et seq.; that citation is preserved as filed.
- Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC
The first amended complaint filed 2026-04-06 pleads removal or alteration of copyright-management information.
- Ziff Davis, Inc. v. OpenAI, Inc.