Jeremy Charette
05-02-2007, 06:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://blog.digg.com/?p=74' target='_blank'>http://blog.digg.com/?p=74</a><br /><br /></div><i>"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."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/rose.jpg" /><br /><br />Digg to MPAA: The cat's out of the bag. Good luck trying to get it back in. After fear of a cease and desist letter caused Digg to pull stories citing the AACS encryption key, users bombarded the site with comments and stories containing the key. Rather than try to fight the very users who make the site as successful as it is, Digg has reversed their policy, MPAA be damned. The beauty of Digital Media Thoughts is that it's not hosted or run out of the US, but rather Canada, so the dreaded DMCA doesn't apply. :wink: