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  • u-Bob
    there's no $$$ in porn
    • Jul 2005
    • 33063
    #1

    Digg Goes Bananas

    A wide-scale user revolt is disrupting popular social news networking Digg.
    It's a protest over Digg acquiescing to MPAA pressure and deleting a
    15,000+ dugg story about a crack for the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray DRM system.

    Now, every single story on the front page contains the cracked number in
    some way.

    The madness began after not only was the initial story deleted, but the
    user's account was deleted as well. Other people who submitted stories
    linking to the number also got their accounts deleted and their sites
    received takedown notices. Even people who submitted stories about the
    deleting of other accounts, stories which did not contain the number, also
    got deleted. That's when things really got bonkers.
    http://consumerist.com/consumer/brea...ape-256984.php
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    • Gregory Black
      Confirmed User
      • Apr 2007
      • 282
      #2

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        • schneemann
          Confirmed User
          • Oct 2006
          • 749
          #3
          Looks like they're getting what they deserve!
          Deranged World

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            • suesheboy
              Confirmed User
              • Nov 2002
              • 5211
              #4
              wow.

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                • psili
                  Confirmed User
                  • Apr 2003
                  • 5526
                  #5
                  Slashdot had a post about that yesterday and almost every comment had

                  09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
                  Your post count means nothing.

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                    • ucv.karl
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jul 2006
                      • 498
                      #6
                      Here is the first hand account of the article that was submitted to digg.

                      Also, I believe that digg (or diggnation) has some connections (i.e., is sponsored by) HD-DVD. This is another reason why people went ape shit.
                      It's better when you can Switch.
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                        • ucv.karl
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jul 2006
                          • 498
                          #7
                          Originally posted by psili
                          Slashdot had a post about that yesterday and almost every comment had

                          09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
                          Isn't this the same (or very similar) as posting the serial for Photoshop CS3?

                          That number is the 'password' that will make copying the content possible.

                          Despite this no-DRM heavy views of the slashdot/Ars/digg crowd, I don't understand how that this falls under 'free speech'.
                          It's better when you can Switch.
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                            • psili
                              Confirmed User
                              • Apr 2003
                              • 5526
                              #8
                              Originally posted by ucv.karl
                              Isn't this the same (or very similar) as posting the serial for Photoshop CS3?

                              That number is the 'password' that will make copying the content possible.

                              Despite this no-DRM heavy views of the slashdot/Ars/digg crowd, I don't understand how that this falls under 'free speech'.
                              I'm no lawyer, but find it pretty lame you can try and censor / copyright / whatever a number. Say two people have the same ATM pin numbers - which one's in violation of the other's "secret code" ?

                              I have no idea... *shrug*
                              Your post count means nothing.

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                                • Antonio
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Oct 2001
                                  • 14136
                                  #9
                                  gfy will get deleted too just for linking to the story that links to that thing

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                                    • ucv.karl
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jul 2006
                                      • 498
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by psili
                                      I'm no lawyer, but find it pretty lame you can try and censor / copyright / whatever a number.
                                      I agree, but you can easily argue that the serial to any program (like PS) is just string of letters and numbers. So is it fundamentally different than a number? The fact that the HD-DVD key is just a hex number, doesn't really matter. However, 'copywriting' a number is still a little weird.
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                                        • Barefootsies
                                          Choice is an Illusion
                                          • Feb 2005
                                          • 42635
                                          #11
                                          Lmfao

                                          Originally posted by suesheboy
                                          wow.

                                          Major issue for many and the scary thing about the whole socail web thing.
                                          Time for Web 3.0 I guess

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