Consider the following statements with reference to Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) 

1. It is the world’s first law recognising Intellectual Property (IP) on the internet. 
2. The DMCA oversees the implementation of two 1996 treaties signed by World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) member nations. 

Select the correct statement.

Recently, The Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology was locked out of his Twitter account for an hour allegedly over a notice received for violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

• Digital Millennium Copyright Act or DMCA is a 1998 law passed in the US and is among the world’s first laws recognising intellectual property on the internet.
• Purpose: The law oversees the implementation of the two treaties signed and agreed upon by member nations of the World Intellectual Property Organisation(WIPO) in 1996.
• Namely the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Hence both statements are correct.

By: Shubham Tiwari