After a brawl on digg.com today it’s pretty sad to see that the users on digg don’t give a fuck about digg’s existence at all. Yeah sure everyone was mad when digg staff had to step in and moderate it’s sites content to save there ass over a cease and desist letter.
But surely the digg users don’t give a fuck and don’t want to understand why, and just want to allow that illegal content to be displayed. And to prove the point that digg staff do moderate the content where they shouldn’t.
This left kevin not much choice then just to allow it to go or to loose a fairly substantial user base.
more info: http://blog.digg.com/
Actually, this isn’t really about the HD DVD key. The key led to the banning of tons of accounts and removal of several topics that had nothing to do with the key itself by the staff users. The “revolt” is basically telling the Kevin Rose and his people that censorship doesn’t work on a “social news” website. There are several other websites including Slashdot, Reddit, etc that got the cease and desist letter, but did those sites remove the stories, ban their users, and bow down to the selfish MPAA and AACS? It’s quite ironic to claim yourself a “democracy” news site while you censor a story that has over 12000 diggs.
However, in the end, Kevin came out and made the right choice, the choice he would’ve made if he wasn’t under his lawyers’ pressure. He even mentioned that he didn’t support DRM, the MPAA, AACS, etc. Remember, he’s one of those guys who actually hacks networks and pirates software.
Also, the key is simply a set of numbers. How can a set of numbers be illegal? How can that key be someone’s intellectual property?
true and well explained but i still feel that the users over reacted. they should understand that companies had to save their ass over those digits. even if its a set of number. you’ll be amazed what stupid things can be patented this days.
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