https://consumerrights.wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=MSaroff 2026-04-29T14:25:24Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.44.0 https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act&diff=3114 2025-01-20T02:35:08Z

<p>MSaroff: </p> <hr /> <div>The Digital Millenium Copytight act was a legislation passed in 1998 to amend title 17, United States Code.<br /> <br /> Its primary provision was to outlaw the use or distribution of tools that, &quot;Circumvent Access Control.&quot;<br /> <br /> The law contains no consideration of fair use and has the effect of preventing people from using or repairing equipment that they own.<br /> <br /> One such example is [[John Deere]] preventing 3rd party maintenance of farmers' tractors.</div>

MSaroff https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act&diff=3113 2025-01-20T02:34:29Z

<p>MSaroff: </p> <hr /> <div>The Digital Millenium Copytight act was a legislation passed in 1998 to amend title 17, United States Code.<br /> <br /> <br /> Its primary provision was to outlaw the use or distribution of tools that, &quot;Circumvent Access Control.<br /> <br /> The law contains no consideration of fair use and has the effect of preventing people from using or repairing equipment that they own.<br /> <br /> One such example is [[John Deere]] preventing 3rd party maintenance of farmers' tractors.</div>

MSaroff https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act&diff=3106 2025-01-20T02:21:04Z

<p>MSaroff: Created page with &quot;{{Infobox U.S. legislation | fullname = To amend title 17, United States Code, to implement the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty and Performances and Phonograms Treaty, and for other purposes. | acronym = DM, DMCA | enacted by = 105th | effective date = October 28, 1998 | cite public law = Pub. L. 105-304 | public law url = https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-105publ304/pdf/PLAW-105publ304.pdf | cite stat...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>{{Infobox U.S. legislation<br /> | fullname = To amend [[Title 17 of the United States Code|title 17, United States Code]], to implement the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] Copyright Treaty and Performances and Phonograms Treaty, and for other purposes.<br /> | acronym = DM, DMCA<br /> | enacted by = 105th<br /> | effective date = October 28, 1998<br /> | cite public law = Pub. L. 105-304<br /> | public law url = https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-105publ304/pdf/PLAW-105publ304.pdf<br /> | cite statutes at large = {{usstat|112|2860}}<br /> | acts amended = [[Copyright Act of 1976]]<br /> | title amended = 5 (Government Organization and Employees); 17 (Copyrights); 28 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure); 35 (Patents)<br /> | sections created = 17 U.S.C. §§ 512, 1201–1205, 1301–1332; 28 U.S.C. § 4001<br /> | sections amended = 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, 104, 104A, 108, 132, 114, 117, 701<br /> | leghisturl = https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2281<br /> | introducedin = [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]<br /> | introducedbill = H.R. 2281<br /> | introducedby = [[Howard Coble]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[North Carolina|NC]])<br /> | introduceddate = July 29, 1997<br /> | committees = [[United States House Committee on the Judiciary|House Judiciary Committee]] (Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property); [[House Commerce Committee]] (Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection)<br /> | passedbody1 = [[United States House of Representatives|House]]<br /> | passeddate1 = August 4, 1998<br /> | passedvote1 = [[voice vote]]<br /> | passedbody2 = [[United States Senate|Senate]]<br /> | passeddate2 = September 17, 1998<br /> | passedvote2 = unanimous consent<br /> | conferencedate = October 8, 1998<br /> | passedbody3 = [[United States Senate|Senate]]<br /> | passeddate3 = October 8, 1998<br /> | passedvote3 = consent<br /> | passedbody4 = [[United States House of Representatives|House]]<br /> | passeddate4 = October 12, 1998<br /> | passedvote4 = voice vote<br /> | signedpresident = [[Bill Clinton]]<br /> | signeddate = October 28, 1998<br /> | amendments = <br /> | shorttitle = <br /> | unsignedpresident = <br /> | vetoedpresident = <br /> }}The Digital Millennium Copywrite Act</div>

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