The '''Digital Millennium Copyright Act''' ('''DMCA''') is a federal law that governs copyright disputes on the [[internet]].
The [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act and First Sale Doctrine|DMCA]] is often abused in order to censor somebody else's messages. For example, CBS, Fox News, and the Christian Broadcasting Network<ref>httphttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/10/mccain-campaign-feels-dmca-sting</ref> have complained to [[YouTube]] about campaign ads for [[John McCain]] ads which use "brief snippets of news broadcasts and other copyrighted material," resulting in YouTube censoring and taking down the items. "Often, the McCain-Palin campaign's general counsel said, those videos are 'immediately' removed for 10 days, which is a long stretch of time during a presidential campaign."<ref>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10066738-38.html</ref> Similarly, the [[Obama]]-[[Biden]] campaign has been targeted by NBC.<ref>http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=talkbackCommentsFull&talk_back_header_id=6559044&articleid=CA6600930</ref>
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