October 28, 1998 · Legal milestone
Digital Millennium Copyright Act signed (1998)
The DMCA outlawed circumventing copy protection and created safe harbor for online services. It shaped the legal fight over game mods and emulation.
See 1998 in the interactive timeline
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- Date
- October 28, 1998
- Kind
- Legal milestone
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