02:01 - 04:50
2m 49s
Stan explores how the owners of websites and Internet Service Providers can be held liable if they don't do enough to combat their users' infringement of copyrighted works. It also explains the purpose, criteria, and criticism of the DMCA, and how ISPs deal with copyright violation.

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