:10 Years Later, Misunderstood DMCA is the Law That Saved the Web
10 Years Later, Misunderstood DMCA is the Law That Saved the Web Oct 29, 2008, 00 :01 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (3939 reads) (Other stories by David Kravets)
"Blogs, search engines, e-commerce sites, video and social-networking portals are thriving today thanks in large part to the notice-and-takedown regime ushered in by the much-maligned copyright overhaul. A decade ago, when the DMCA was enacted, these innovations were unheard of, embryonic or not yet conceived. Now, Google has grown into one of the world's largest companies, and its video-sharing site YouTube has left an enduring mark on public discourse. The Mountain View, California, company is one of many that openly acknowledges the DMCA's role in its success, a view shared by public interest groups.
""This was the opening shot of the digital age," recalls Art Brodsky, a writer at the time and now the communications director for Public Knowledge, a Washington, D.C.-based digital rights and lobbying group."
