The US Copyright Office issued a report on Thursday claiming that the safe-harbor provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) now favors tech companies over rights-holders. After studying the issue for years and taking into consideration more than 92,000 comments, the Copyright Office suggests that “Congress may wish to fine-tune” the statute.
The report places much of its focus on Section 512 of the DCMA, which sought to balance the competing interest of online service providers and creators. However, due to the technological advances that have been made since the enactment of this section, many question whether the goals Congress sought to achieve have been fulfilled.
