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The term “DMCA ignored” comes up constantly in hosting discussions, especially among website owners who want fewer restrictions on what they publish. At first glance, it sounds like a loophole, a way to bypass copyright rules completely. That interpretation is misleading and, if acted on without understanding it properly, can lead to real legal exposure….

Anyone who manages content online eventually runs into the same question: does a DMCA takedown notice actually work everywhere, or only in the United States? The short answer is that DMCA is a US federal law, and its legal force stops at the US border. But that answer alone isn’t very useful, because copyright enforcement…