"DMCA" meaning in English

See DMCA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} DMCA
  1. (US law) Initialism of Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Digital Millennium Copyright Act Categories (topical): Law, Copyright
    Sense id: en-DMCA-en-name-xw~bXLu~ Disambiguation of Copyright: 55 45 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Topics: law

Verb

Forms: DMCAs [present, singular, third-person], DMCAing [participle, present], DMCAed [participle, past], DMCAed [past], DMCA'd [participle, past], DMCA'd [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=DMCA'd}} DMCA (third-person singular simple present DMCAs, present participle DMCAing, simple past and past participle DMCAed or DMCA'd)
  1. (informal, transitive, Internet) To serve a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notification against, so as to have infringing material taken down. Tags: Internet, informal, transitive Categories (topical): Internet, Copyright
    Sense id: en-DMCA-en-verb-oF4sIKV5 Disambiguation of Copyright: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49

Inflected forms

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