DMCA

abbreviation for

1. Digital Millennium Copyright Act: an act of Congress (1998) that adapted copyright law to digital materials and technologies.

Example Sentences

The Times has filed several Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA, takedown notices to developers of Wordle-inspired games, which cited infringement on the Times’ ownership of the Wordle name, as well as its look and feel — such as the layout and color scheme of green, gray and yellow tiles.

From Seattle Times

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA, requires online service providers, including web hosting companies and search engines, to provide the public with a way to notify them of allegedly stolen content.

From Washington Post

It is the bane of Twitch streamers and YouTubers and the enforcement tool of the entertainment industry — the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA.

From The Verge

The web had rules — you cannot put up illegal content or it would get taken down, DMCA, copyright, and all this other stuff — but they were rules built through democratic, legislative processes.

From The Verge

The about screen also says that Heardle is pulling the songs from Soundcloud, which is good to hear — while Wordle has all its answers stored in a text file, doing something like that with clips of pop songs is a good way to get DMCA’d off the internet real quick.

From The Verge