DMCA: the Law Today
Posted by anniepete on November 17, 2008
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA): the Law Today
http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/ecommerce/ip_survey/chap3.html#_ftn98 :
- DMCA provides the right to claim to be the “performer or performances” and have the right to “object to any distortion, mutilation or other modification of his performance that would be prejudiced to his reputation.”
- Digital copyright treaties are intended to be internationally participatory. Guidance is provided to governments who are in the process of adopting treaties. These governments have the opportunity to modify the treaties according to their needs (see below). International adherence to the treaties will result in the expansion of global and domestic e-commerce through securing the dissemination of original material.
http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/faq/faqs.htm#rights :
- Countries may “grant exceptions for uses deemed to be in the public interest, such as for non-profit, educational and research purposes.”
-You do not need to register to be protected. Protection of the work is acquired by its existence.
http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/ecommerce/ip_survey/chap3.html#_ftn98 :
- The Big Question: Do the temporary copies of material stored in RAM constitute infringement?
