What best describes the DCMA?

• A. A law that prohibits copying at all.
• B. A policy that requires licensing for all digital content.
• C. A law that criminalized technologies that attempt to circumvent DRM.
• D. A court case about Napster.

Answer: (C)

The DMCA centers on anti-circumvention: it makes it illegal to bypass digital protections that control access to copyrighted works and to manufacture or distribute tools that enable such circumvention. That is why describing it as a law that criminalizes technologies that attempt to circumvent DRM best captures its purpose. It targets bypassing access controls rather than banning copying altogether or acting as a licensing policy for all digital content, and it isn’t about a Napster court case.