What is a DMCA complaint?
A. The DMCA provides a mechanism for copyright owners or their agents to complain to Internet Service Providers (ISP) about illegal file-sharing that is happening on the ISP’s network. The ISP– Utah– is then obligated to respond to this “DMCA Complaint.” Copyright owners often hire other companies, such as MediaForce, to log in to KaZaA or Limewire in order to find the IP addresses (identifiers for computers or devices on a network) of computers sharing specific illegal files. Once an IP address has been logged, the ISP can be tracked down and notified that the computer (and presumably the computer’s owner/user) is sharing an illegal file.
