MTEL Business Practice Exam

Category - Business Operations

In response to widespread piracy of digital music and videos on the Internet, Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. This act specifically prohibits the manufacture or distribution of software designed primarily for:
  1. Circumventing encryption or other technology protecting digital works.
  2. Sharing digital files on the Internet.
  3. Downloading digital material from the Internet.
  4. Streaming digital material online.
Explanation
Correct Response: A. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) prohibits circumventing encryption or other technology protecting digital works. The DMCA was designed to protect copyrighted material associated with digital technology. Therefore any software or other technologies that circumvent these protections is illegal. The law does not prevent the manufacture of file sharing software (B), or software that allows files to be downloaded (C). Software that allows digital material to be streamed over the Internet (D) is completely legal and not prohibited by the DMCA.
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