TagsTagsNot good news for Kevin Rose and Digg.com: DRM group vows to fight bloggers. Bloggers “crossed the line” when they posted a software key that could break the encryption on some HD-DVDs, the AACS copy protection body has said. Thousands of websites published the key, which had been uncovered in a bid ...
At ABC News Silicon Insider, Michael Malone has an article about the Digg.com revolt that acknowledges the thuggish actions of Digg’s leftist “bury brigade” against sites like LGF: The First Amendment vs. Patents in Web 2.0. In case you don’t know, Digg.com is a hugely popular Web site, mostly for young ...
When Digg.com’s owners deleted a post containing the hex code to crack the encryption on HD-DVDs, and banned the user who posted it, they started a full-blown Web 2.0 riot. The Diggbats didn’t like it one bit that they were being prevented from stealing copyrighted material, and created post after ...