Posted on 05/03/2007 11:39:20 AM PDT by Smogger
Building a business on mob rule is dangerous.
Digg.com, a website that lets anyone post and rank news stories and blogs, found that out when its members staged a revolt over what they saw as an effort to censor them.
It began this week when Digg started banning members from posting a software code that helps online pirates make bootlegged copies of movies. Digg took action because the entertainment industry had threatened to sue.
The ban set the masses off. Scores of Digg's 1.2 million registered users deluged the site, breaking traffic records and making sure that every one of the top 10 stories on the front page either included the software code, attacked Digg's ethics or both.
Many posted links to videos on YouTube that included the code's 32-character string of numbers and letters, including one song called "Oh Nine Eff Nine" (after the code's first four characters). Others tried to get around Digg's text filters by linking to photographs, drawings and electronic greeting cards containing the code.
One member digitally altered a church sign to spell out the code after the words "Jesus says." Another promised to tattoo it on the back of his neck if 10,000 people joined an online protest group he created.
Digg backed down — opening it up to a legal battle with Hollywood.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
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The DMCA was signed into law in 1998.
The DMCA was passed by a unanimous vote in the Senate and signed by President Clinton in 1998.
I stand corrected. Thanks. One more reason to hate that son of #$@$@# Clintoon. The Republican led Congress passed it though.
Small wonder. The iron control of pop culture that Hollywood gets from the DMCA and other recent expansions of copyright law is what makes it able to keep giving so richly to Democrats.
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That is too funny.
Is that real or photoshopped? Because it seems like something Colbert would do.
That’s a great quote. I’m stealing it for my new tagline.
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That’s classic...
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