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DMCA

name · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: law

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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verb

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, informal, transitive

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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