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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the purpose of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act?
A
To criminalize the act of circumventing, or getting around, access controls that block access to copyrighted works.
B
To make all content on the Internet free for everyone to use.
C
To criminalize plagiarism on the Internet.
D
To allow for open source software on the Internet.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works (commonly known as digital rights management or DRM).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 is a federal law that is designed to protect copyright holders from online theft-that is, from the unlawful reproduction or distribution of their works. The DMCA covers music, movies, text and anything that is copyrighted.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Digital Millennium Copyright Act : was enacted to curb the pirating of software and other pirated works. Protection for trade dress is available under the Lanham Act.

Detailed explanation-4: -Copyright laws work to control ownership, use, and distribution of creative and expressive works. In this economic story about copyright, people think that most creators make their creative works so that they can get paid. When copyright enables creators to get paid, more creators make more works.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 amended U.S. copyright law to limit liability for an infrastructure provider (or “service provider") for information residing, at direction of a user, on a system or network that the service provider controls.

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