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Digg in tough spot with DMCA debacle: Memestreams beware
by flynn23 at 2:17 pm EDT, May 4, 2007 |
In a blog post Tuesday afternoon, Digg CEO Jay Adelson wrote that the company was pulling down a number of news stories pertaining to a cracked HD DVD encryption key that could circumvent the digital rights management (DRM) restrictions on the media discs. The reason, he said, was a cease-and-desist letter on behalf of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS), the consortium with ownership rights to the key that had been cracked. The organization cited Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which concerns the spread of information pertaining to DRM breaking. By including stories that linked to the key, the letter argued, Digg was breaking the law.
This should be VERY interesting to watch. I wonder if they'll use journalism precedents to protect themselves as they are only reporting the truth. |
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RE: Digg in tough spot with DMCA debacle: Memestreams beware
by Decius at 2:49 pm EDT, May 4, 2007 |
flynn23 wrote: In a blog post Tuesday afternoon, Digg CEO Jay Adelson wrote that the company was pulling down a number of news stories pertaining to a cracked HD DVD encryption key that could circumvent the digital rights management (DRM) restrictions on the media discs. The reason, he said, was a cease-and-desist letter on behalf of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS), the consortium with ownership rights to the key that had been cracked. The organization cited Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which concerns the spread of information pertaining to DRM breaking. By including stories that linked to the key, the letter argued, Digg was breaking the law.
This should be VERY interesting to watch. I wonder if they'll use journalism precedents to protect themselves as they are only reporting the truth.
Well, this is how it started, and so their users reacted by posting the code over 50,000 times. Someone even got it tattooed. So they've forced Digg into a position where they've going to have to take the lawsuit on. |
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RE: Digg in tough spot with DMCA debacle: Memestreams beware
by unmanaged at 12:16 am EDT, May 16, 2007 |
flynn23 wrote: In a blog post Tuesday afternoon, Digg CEO Jay Adelson wrote that the company was pulling down a number of news stories pertaining to a cracked HD DVD encryption key that could circumvent the digital rights management (DRM) restrictions on the media discs. The reason, he said, was a cease-and-desist letter on behalf of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS), the consortium with ownership rights to the key that had been cracked. The organization cited Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which concerns the spread of information pertaining to DRM breaking. By including stories that linked to the key, the letter argued, Digg was breaking the law.
This should be VERY interesting to watch. I wonder if they'll use journalism precedents to protect themselves as they are only reporting the truth.
Will someone shoot me? When did we give up the right to understand and to be informed... The information will get out anyway, digg is just a 'public' target... |
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