Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dmca

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: dm-ca
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

American usage

verb

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

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The DMCA also gives the targets of notice-and-takedown complaints a limited opportunity to have access to their materials restored."
"The record label DMCAed several Web sites that were hosting copyrighted song lyrics."

Usage

Inflected Forms

DMCAs (present, singular) DMCAing (participle, present) DMCAed (participle, past) DMCAed (past) DMCA'd (participle, past) DMCA'd (past)

Questions

What does dmca mean?: Initialism of Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

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