texyt.com — Recently Digg has gone on a censorship run, banning users and deleting stories that reference the recently released HD-DVD decryption code. For those of you wondering why Digg is going to such lengths to silence it's own community, this might explain things.
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cmonkey67May 2, 2007
I joined Digg.com not more then a couple of days ago and really enjoyed the site and the community...this is all an utter disappointment to me. I'm contemplating posting the damn numbers and going down with the rest of you.
patricksweeneyMay 2, 2007
grow up guys! im sorry, im with you guys on the fact the MPAA, RIAA, etc have all gone nuts, but pissed cuz Digg is covering their asses? some of you really need to grow up and get lives then. for god sakes, it will probably be coming in cereal boxes tomorrow.Grow up.
stableMay 2, 2007
Slashdot has had its issues in the past and survived without deleting a single comment, let alone whole threads. Digg can't simply be responsible for user-submitted comments unless notified by the copyright holders. Considering that I've seen and dugg dozens of stories today with the key and most of them got deleted before even making it to the front page I can assure you that there are ulterior motives to delete these stories. So let the people speak, let them express how disappointed they feel about all this, because after all this is something serious, and the real point right now is not the spreading of the key but the defense of your (American) freedom of speech and fair use rights that can well set a dangerous precedent.
Closed AccountMay 2, 2007
<a class="user" href="http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/02/the_new_hddvdbl.html">http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/02/the_new_hddvdbl.html</a>
Closed AccountMay 2, 2007
It's one thing to back down when threatened with liability for illegal content posted.It's another thing to back down when threatened with liability for something that is almost assuredly not illegal.Finally, it's something else entirely to run a website dependent on user driven content, and then delete the accounts of users without warning because they submitted something that may or may not be illegal.If it was a DMCA notice, digg should remove the content and notify the poster. That poster should then have a chance to counter-claim at which point digg can repost without risk of legal liability and the content owner now has to sue the poster. This is how the DMCA works.However, they probably didn't get a DMCA notice because you can't copyright a number. Nor does it break the do not circumvent clause because the key doesn't circumvent anything; you need a program to use the key and that ACT would be circumventing. So the DMCA most assuredly doesn't apply, and that's why Digg didn't follow that procedure.So what is it then? Can't be a patent; can't patent numbers either. Trade secret, maybe? I have no idea how the rules for that game work, but I've a pretty good guess that since nobody here signed an NDA to keep that a secret, none of us have done anything wrong. The same goes for Digg which I think gets some press immunity because of these. I mean seriously, haven't we seen hundreds of leaked trade secrets from Apple, Microsoft, game developers, and others? That's never been pulled.Now, the big difference between Digg and slashdot is that Digg is automated and slashdot requires an editor to approve a story before it hits the front page. So there's something to be said about why Digg is justified in deleting stories on occasion; they never gave them the OK, whereas Slashdot did. On the other hand, none of the other major outlets have pulled the story, and there was a Digg submission stating that everyone from Google to Reddit have received legal threats. Only Digg has backed down, nobody else. This is probably a trade secret issue, IANAL and don't know much about trade secrets, but it seems that if NOBODY else is concerned, then there probably isn't a case to be made.
Closed AccountMay 2, 2007
It's one thing to back down when threatened with liability for illegal content posted.It's another thing to back down when threatened with liability for something that is almost assuredly not illegal.Finally, it's something else entirely to run a website dependent on user driven content, and then delete the accounts of users without warning because they submitted something that may or may not be illegal.If it was a DMCA notice, digg should remove the content and notify the poster. That poster should then have a chance to counter-claim at which point digg can repost without risk of legal liability and the content owner now has to sue the poster. This is how the DMCA works.However, they probably didn't get a DMCA notice because you can't copyright a number. Nor does it break the do not circumvent clause because the key doesn't circumvent anything; you need a program to use the key and that ACT would be circumventing. So the DMCA most assuredly doesn't apply, and that's why Digg didn't follow that procedure.So what is it then? Can't be a patent; can't patent numbers either. Trade secret, maybe? I have no idea how the rules for that game work, but I've a pretty good guess that since nobody here signed an NDA to keep that a secret, none of us have done anything wrong. The same goes for Digg which I think gets some press immunity because of these. I mean seriously, haven't we seen hundreds of leaked trade secrets from Apple, Microsoft, game developers, and others? That's never been pulled.Now, the big difference between Digg and slashdot is that Digg is automated and slashdot requires an editor to approve a story before it hits the front page. So there's something to be said about why Digg is justified in deleting stories on occasion; they never gave them the OK, whereas Slashdot did. On the other hand, none of the other major outlets have pulled the story, and there was a Digg submission stating that everyone from Google to Reddit have received legal threats. Only Digg has backed down, nobody else. This is probably a trade secret issue, IANAL and don't know much about trade secrets, but it seems that if NOBODY else is concerned, then there probably isn't a case to be made.
greenampMay 2, 2007
They disabled the ability for any story to hit the front page, along with submitting new stories.
megafanMay 2, 2007
Goodbye digg09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0