This article by Glickman and Holleyman provide a different opinion on the affects of the DMCA.  Holleyman serves as the CEO and president of the Business Software Alliance.  Glickman serves as the chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Associate of America.

In 1998, Congress signed the DMCA in preparation for the digital revolution that was taking place.  The goal was to provide access to information and material digitally.  The DMCA allowed and supported the digital revolution.  Copyright owners would never have put their works into digital form had it not been for the protection that the DMCA afforded them.  By passing the DMCA, Congress encouraged the owners of copyrighted material to take that risk.  Without an actual written law, hesitancy would have replaced the risk that the owners were willing to take.  Within the last ten years, since the DMCA, new technology has been consistently bursting onto the scene.  PlayStation, iPods, smartphones, YouTube, and Facebook are only a few examples.  Tons of sites have emerged which encourage interaction of users and their creativity.  The DMCA ushered in this technological progress.       

The success of the DMCA has been amazing.  It has afforded consumers of digital content a multitude of choices about how, where, and when they access this content.  The balanced nature of the DMCA encourages innovation and propagation.  The benefits that consumers have gained from the work made available by the DMCA are massive. 

I will be using this article as a contrasting view to my own.  I think this gives a really interesting spin on the DMCA.  I agree that it has had a positive effect.  It did in fact usher in a digital revolution.  However, this article really ignores problems that the DMCA has created.  It praises the DMCA as the savior to all that is digital.  What is so interesting to me is to keep in mind the authors.  The authors are those people that issue the take down notices.  This point of view will give a contrasting perspective.