Digg Ruined (and not by an over zealous political group)
May 2nd 2007 04:20
What is censorship exactly? From Wikipedia: Censorship is the removal or withholding of information from the public by a controlling group or body. What is intellectual property? Again: In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain names, written and recorded media, and inventions.
So long as were letting people show a certain sequence of numbers are we not saying just as well lets all just use leaked source code, let peoples handwork fall into nothingness as we copy and paste it against their permision? Whats the god damned point of intellectual property? It's to protect peoples property that doesn't have a physical existence (such as a story or in this case a certain number that makes encryption), no matter how much you hate that person you cannot and should not have a right to take away his property.
So get over it, what did you, people who actually use Digg do to this awesome service? What good came of it?
Who owns Digg? No one, at least in principle, yet who owns Digg really? Who is going to suffer most from this immature behavior? The Digg team, thats who, why doesn't everyone who post the number in question also put up their name and address? If you are oh so noble then I'm sure it would be nice of you to put up your details so the Digg team can just redirect lawsuits at you.
Theres nothing noble or brave about what is happening, it's purely cowardice, people who want freedom which they are too afraid to fight for so they latch onto the back of others and expect them to fight some sort of legal battle on their behalf.
If you want to fight the power by all means, just don't try piggy backing on a service provided and maintained by someone else, it's like saying you'll get your older sister when you're bullied because you're too cowardly to stand up for yourself.
viva la fucking morons hijacking Digg '07.
So long as were letting people show a certain sequence of numbers are we not saying just as well lets all just use leaked source code, let peoples handwork fall into nothingness as we copy and paste it against their permision? Whats the god damned point of intellectual property? It's to protect peoples property that doesn't have a physical existence (such as a story or in this case a certain number that makes encryption), no matter how much you hate that person you cannot and should not have a right to take away his property.
So get over it, what did you, people who actually use Digg do to this awesome service? What good came of it?
Wow, nice work, like how Nero burned down Rome
Who owns Digg? No one, at least in principle, yet who owns Digg really? Who is going to suffer most from this immature behavior? The Digg team, thats who, why doesn't everyone who post the number in question also put up their name and address? If you are oh so noble then I'm sure it would be nice of you to put up your details so the Digg team can just redirect lawsuits at you.
Theres nothing noble or brave about what is happening, it's purely cowardice, people who want freedom which they are too afraid to fight for so they latch onto the back of others and expect them to fight some sort of legal battle on their behalf.
If you want to fight the power by all means, just don't try piggy backing on a service provided and maintained by someone else, it's like saying you'll get your older sister when you're bullied because you're too cowardly to stand up for yourself.
viva la fucking morons hijacking Digg '07.
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Comment by Cibbuano
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Comment by Ahmed
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Now that it has been found out they'll simply change it.
It was a pretty big number, difficult to discover through trial and error.
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Comment by Ahmed
Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
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They think they're so noble acting like a bunch of kids, now they're happily patting themselves on the back about how it was a 21st century riot, you know if Kevin never said anything things would be going back to about normal right now.
Digg members are pretty worthless when it comes to fighting a cause that involves getting off the seat, they can talk the talk but not walk the walk.