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Slideshow: The DMCA Is the Toast of D.C.

Despite broad opposition to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, it's major content-holders who have Washington's ear, and they think the law is just swell. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington.
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MPAA's Jack Valenti and other proponents of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act gather to toast the law with champagne on Capitol Hill.Declan McCullagh

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Rep. Howard Coble (R-North Carolina) and other proponents of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act gather to toast the law with champagne on Capitol Hill.

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Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and other proponents of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act gather to toast the law with champagne on Capitol Hill.

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Hilary Rosen (left) and other proponents of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act gather to toast the law with champagne on Capitol Hill. Joining Rosen are (from right to left) MPAA's Jack Valenti; Robert Holleyman of the Business Software Alliance; Pat Schroeder, former politician, now head of the Association of American Publishers; and Congressman John Dingell (D-Mich.).

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Proponents of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act gather to toast the law with champagne on Capitol Hill.

Declan McCullagh