DMCA

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verb

To serve a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notification against, so as to have infringing material taken down.

“The record label DMCAed several Web sites that were hosting copyrighted song lyrics.”

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. USabbreviationinitialismlawInitialism of Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

    The DMCA also gives the targets of notice-and-takedown complaints a limited opportunity to have access to their materials restored.

    2001, Charles H. Kennedy, An introduction to U.S. telecommunications law
verbDMCA (third-person singular simple present DMCAs, present participle DMCAing, simple past and past participle DMCAed or DMCA'd)

present singular third person DMCAs · participle present DMCAing · participle past DMCAed · past DMCAed · participle past DMCA'd · past DMCA'd

  1. InternetinformaltransitiveTo serve a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notification against, so as to have infringing material taken down.

    The record label DMCAed several Web sites that were hosting copyrighted song lyrics.

Cite this entry
APA

DMCA. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DMCA

MLA

“DMCA.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DMCA. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “DMCA,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DMCA.

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