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Yes, the DMCA played a role in saving the internet. A few cases involving images from Playboy led to big fines for ISPs and UseNet servers. If those had remained law the whole notion of an ISP may have become monetarily infeasible. Luckily they were overturned, and the DMCA nailed the final jelly to the door for such cases. It also declared that transitory routing was ok in terms of copyright. Now an image sitting in a router for .0034 nanoseconds doesn't imply copyright infringement. At one time it could have.
Three cheers? Ummm.... Two cheers? Bronx cheer? Anyone?
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