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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Among other things, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides a relatively simple process for copyright owners who believe their copyrights have been infringed on the Internet to end the infringements. More information can be found at UCD P&PM section 250-05.

If you believe your copyrighted work is being infringed on the Internet, you can send a notification asking that the material be removed to the designated agent of the Internet Service Provider. The US Copyright Office maintains a list of service provider agents for receipt of copyright infringement notifications under the Act. The agent for notices of alleged copyright infringement by materials on a University of California, Davis, server is at dmca@ucdavis.edu.

If you have received a communication from UC Davis regarding a DMCA notification related to your Internet connection you may wish to file a Counter-notification as specified under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (Summary).

UC Davis students, staff and faculty can join the moderated dmca-info listserv.

Web resources

More information on file sharing and the DMCA

• Understanding File Sharing (U Wisc)
• BAYU (Be Aware You’re Uploading) has information on using peer-to-peer safely (U Mich)
• "Recording Industry Announcement" video by a sued student (Purdue)
• Are You Legal? (Indiana University)
• Music Download Warning List (Center for Technology & Democracy) lists subscription sites that aren’t actually legal
• How to disable file-sharing in various peer-to-peer (P2P) software (U Chicago)
• "Digital File Check" is freeware which scans for and can remove peer-to-peer (P2P) software and/or shareable files
• How to reconfigure peer-to-peer (P2P) software to protect your computer (Duke U)
• GetLegal @ UCDavis
• Sample DMCA "Counternotification" generator

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