Digital Copyright Act
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The Digital Copyright Act (DCA){{cite news|title=Senator Tillis Releases Draft DMCA Modernization Bill|url=https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2020/12/22/tillis-draft-modernize-dmca/id=128552/|access-date=29 March 2021|work=IPWatchdog.com {{!}} Patents & Patent Law|date=22 December 2020}} is a proposed United States copyright law that amends revision of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).{{cite news|last1=Balderston|first1=Michael|title=Updated Digital Copyright Act Brought Before Congress|url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/updated-digital-copyright-act-brought-before-congress|access-date=29 March 2021|work=TVTechnology|date=23 December 2020|language=en}}
The proposed law introduces the term "notice and stay down" for service providers.{{cite news |title=Authors Alliance Responds to Draft Digital Copyright Act of 2021|url=https://www.authorsalliance.org/2021/03/08/authors-alliance-responds-to-draft-digital-copyright-act-of-2021/|access-date=19 May 2021|work=Authors Alliance|date=2021-03-08}} It requires them to take measures to prevent material that has already been determined to be violating copyright to be re-uploaded by users. While the draft was praised by the entertainment industry, free speech advocacy groups feared the language would require services to employ automatic filtering and would further limit freedom of expression.{{cite news|last=Maddaus|first=Gene|title=Sen. Thom Tillis Proposes 'Notice and Stay Down' Rewrite of Online Copyright Law|url=https://variety.com/2020/politics/news/thom-tillis-online-copyright-act-1234871695/|access-date=21 May 2021|work=Variety|date=2020-12-22}}
Currently a draft, the bill is planned to be introduced to Congress by Senator Thom Tillis.{{cite news|title=Tillis Releases Landmark Discussion Draft to Reform the Digital Millennium Copyright Act|url=https://www.tillis.senate.gov/2020/12/tillis-releases-landmark-discussion-draft-to-reform-the-digital-millennium-copyright-act|access-date=29 March 2021|work=Thom Tillis, U.S. Senator for North Carolina|date=22 December 2020|language=en}}