Digg losing control of their site (HD-DVD encryption keys were posted)

Interesting though, that if you visit the Infoworld story, you can see the Digg counter.
Then click the Digg counter, and you are back in (perhaps needing to be a member to do this).
The place has gone totally to the loons.

An interesting example of the social-networking website run amok.

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“The MPAA (or whoever) is telling Digg to take down those stories.

They have the authority to do this thanks to the DMCA.

The DMCA is a law enacted by who? That’s right, the government of the United States of America.

So who is threatening the people who run Digg with jail time? That’s right, the United States of America.

How is that not censorship?”

-some other nerd at slashdot(quantamg)

Rose and Adelman have got to be a little verklempt right now.

You said — “Digg just went offline lolz”

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Look at this last comment on their blog....

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Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0

by Kevin Rose at 9pm, May 1st, 2007 in Digg Website

Today was an insane day. And as the founder of Digg, I just wanted to post my thoughts…

In building and shaping the site I’ve always tried to stay as hands on as possible. We’ve always given site moderation (digging/burying) power to the community. Occasionally we step in to remove stories that violate our terms of use (eg. linking to pornography, illegal downloads, racial hate sites, etc.). So today was a difficult day for us. We had to decide whether to remove stories containing a single code based on a cease and desist declaration. We had to make a call, and in our desire to avoid a scenario where Digg would be interrupted or shut down, we decided to comply and remove the stories with the code.

But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.

If we lose, then what the hell, at least we died trying.

Digg on,

Kevin

Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0

by Kevin Rose at 9pm, May 1st, 2007 in Digg Website

Today was an insane day. And as the founder of Digg, I just wanted to post my thoughts…
In building and shaping the site I’ve always tried to stay as hands on as possible. We’ve always given site moderation (digging/burying) power to the community. Occasionally we step in to remove stories that violate our terms of use (eg. linking to pornography, illegal downloads, racial hate sites, etc.). So today was a difficult day for us. We had to decide whether to remove stories containing a single code based on a cease and desist declaration. We had to make a call, and in our desire to avoid a scenario where Digg would be interrupted or shut down, we decided to comply and remove the stories with the code.
But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.
If we lose, then what the hell, at least we died trying.
Digg on,
Kevin digg this story

haha nice! I was clicking send when you posted the same thing. :w00t:

You said — “Theoretically, it would be a DMCA circumvention method/device in any form in which it could be represented.”

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If so, that concept is bordering on “thought control” and makes us a lot closer to the “1984” story....

Did you see where digg.com gave up and is no longer censoring this any longer. They said they will “go down with the ship” (so to speak), if it’s necessary...

lulz dmca

ahhh..., what an Internet world we are in.... :-)

I can’t wait for next week’s Diggnation, or as it is now called 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0-nation.

It will just be a drunk Kevin Rose surrounded by empty liquor bottles, lying in a pool of his own vomit, repeating “I used to be worth $60 million, $60 million...” over and over again.

(For those who don’t know, Diggnation is a podcast featuring Kevin Rose, creator of Digg and Alex Albrecht, an out of work actor talking about the top stories on Digg. It is fun to listen to since they usually get pretty drunk while recording the show.)

Their servers are listing hard to starboard, and she’s down as much as ten degrees at the stern.

(For those who don’t know, Diggnation is a podcast featuring Kevin Rose, creator of Digg and Alex Albrecht, an out of work actor talking about the top stories on Digg. It is fun to listen to since they usually get pretty drunk while recording the show.)

Listen to?

Download the video version. It's even better.

Kevin Rose is frantically swapping his stocks for real property even as we speak, tickets to Mexico clutched in his sweaty hand...

Now, this thing has gotten even more bizarre. I don't know if this is for real....but this one on the top of the list now....

Actually, if Mr. Rose is truly worth 60m, he might just be able to put up a heck of a defense against the DCMA thugs.

Sure, they can crush a 14 year old who shares MP3s, but someone who can afford a bit of publicity as well as decent attorneys is a different and much more vicious animal when cornered.

Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Shysters of War!

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Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0

by Kevin Rose at 9pm, May 1st, 2007 in Digg Website
Today was an insane day. And as the founder of Digg, I just wanted to post my thoughts…
In building and shaping the site I’ve always tried to stay as hands on as possible. We’ve always given site moderation (digging/burying) power to the community. Occasionally we step in to remove stories that violate our terms of use (eg. linking to pornography, illegal downloads, racial hate sites, etc.). So today was a difficult day for us. We had to decide whether to remove stories containing a single code based on a cease and desist declaration. We had to make a call, and in our desire to avoid a scenario where Digg would be interrupted or shut down, we decided to comply and remove the stories with the code.
But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.
If we lose, then what the hell, at least we died trying.
Digg on,
Kevin

The HD-DVD encryption key is now in the public domain, for all practical purposes. This may be a watershed event in dismantling DRM.

Undoubtably, there are a bunch of unhappy Hollywood lawyers plotting their revenge tonight. They'll order their K Street lobbyists to contact every Senator and Congressman tomorrow, demanding harsher penalties for copyright laws.

I wonder if JimRob, JohnRob and others are studying? Certainly is worth watching. LOL on this one.

DCMA = DMCA or whatever.

The mob is the mob no matter how it’s spelled.

This isn’t even a hunk of programming that offers functionality, like decss was ruled to be. I wouldn’t be able to decode a DVD without also writing a program that uses this infamous code, and wouldn’t that part be protected by patent?

I know Rose supposedly owns 60% of Digg, but exactly what form does that ownership take? Digg is a partnership — do the owners own actual stock, share profits on a percentage basis, or what? (Note: as far as I know, Digg has yet to actually break even.) In any case, if I were him, I’d be cashing in my chips about now. The question is: does he actually have any chips, or is it all just vaporwealth?