22 May 2020CopyrightSarah Morgan

Safe harbour system ‘unbalanced’, says US Copyright Office

The US Copyright Office has concluded that the safe harbour provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is “out of sync” with Congress’ intent.

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