What does the Digital Millennium Copyright Act address?

• A. A law that prohibits copying at all.
• B. A policy that encourages unrestricted copying.
• C. A rule about digital privacy laws.
• D. A law that criminalized technologies that attempt to circumvent DRM.

Answer: (D)

The main idea is that the DMCA targets anti-circumvention: it makes it illegal to defeat or bypass digital protections like DRM that control access to copyrighted works. It prohibits creating, distributing, or using tools that break those protections, and it imposes criminal penalties for doing so. This focus on bypassing access controls is why the law addresses circumvention technologies rather than banning copying outright or addressing privacy. The other options don’t fit because they either imply a blanket ban on copying, promote unrestricted copying, or describe privacy laws, none of which capture the DMCA’s anti-circumvention focus.