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United States Copyright Office
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
The DMCA was passed by the US Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1998. It recognizes the numerous new technologies associated with the Internet and digital technology in the recording industries and broadcast media. It updates US Copyright Law to protect copyright owners from infringement on the Internet and Internet Service Providers (ISPs), search engines, etc. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are protected from claims of copyright infringement if they are registered as Designation by Service Provider of Agent for Notification of Claims of Infringement AND they follow rigid procedures for takedown of infringing material upon demand by owners of infringed material.