Last, these regulations are a serious weakening of the DCMA safe harbor provisions.

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At issue, the article says, is that DCMA requirements under criminal law are different from the tests that apply under civil law.

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But ISPs and privacy advocates say the DCMA is too wide-ranging, providing too much power to copyright holders at the expense of internet users.

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