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Copyright And Social Media: A Tale Of Legislative Abdication, Diane Leenheer Zimmerman
Copyright And Social Media: A Tale Of Legislative Abdication, Diane Leenheer Zimmerman
Pace Law Review
The focus of this article will be on what I call DMCA 2.0. It will begin by discussing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and why that statute, passed in 1998 to shore up the enforceability of copyright online by protecting content providers’ ability to engage in forms of technological self-help against online copyright infringers, has been problematic. Part II describes largely unsuccessful efforts in the form of statutes and trade agreements to shore up the DMCA. Part III turns to the latest salvo, the adoption of “voluntary agreements” whereby content owners and ISPs, in particular social media platforms, join …