I’m sure, if you run that through a decoder, it’ll spell out “Fuck DRM”.
Grats Kevin for standing up in the face of major legal issues, and grats to the digg community for leaving behind “Top 10 CSS Tricks”, “Digg Needs a Picture Category!!1” and all the other ‘oh yawn, here we go again’ stories that seem to drag Digg into the mud these days.
May 1st to 2nd, the night Digg got Dugg.
Update: Boing Boing is chronicling the exponential rise in Google hits, all now displaying the code; all of which leads one to think that perhaps this is the mass of consumers whispering in the ears of the entertainment industry: “Try to respect us as human beings, and not as potential criminals”. Or as I like to say: “Shove your fucking DRM up your own ass. Please”.
What a revolt! My new favourite number
Wow.. sure I see the point of this (DRM sucks), but damn what a little digg nerdfest we’re seeing right this minute:
It’s not like there was a tragedy in Darfur or something. Oh wait…
Not exactly a fair comparison, considering that Digg is first and foremost a tech site, not a political/humanitarian site.
Yeah okay you’re right.
Nonetheless I just find it … well maybe not odd, but rather sad, that an almost trivial matter gets SO much attention while other more pressing issues are simply ignored.
Okay I guess it’s getting funny now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9HaNbsIfp0
My bad.
I don’t think you should be thanking Kevin Rose. I don’t think he really stood up.
He realized that the worth of his site was sinking faster than Piranha 2 sunk at the box office.
I agree with Harry. Additionally, Kevin still hasn’t answered accusations of Digg being in bed with HD-DVD.
Michael….I just wanted to give this thread a “lammer”! BOINK!
Haha, you’ve been trolled.
Don’t type and drink Poulsen.
I think many would like to think that the Digg community would have been abandoned had Kevin not allowed the articles to be posted. I really don’t think so, but it seems Kevin responded to the pressure. If the leadership in our society caved to mob mentality like Kevin did, there would be chaos. I cannot overstate that point. Kevin submitted to the mob mentality that formed on Digg.
Yes, but even that is a choice of putting not only the company, but the people in it and his own ass on the line. And you’d best believe not all companies would want to do that.
It might seem like the easier decision, since it calms the water on Digg, but at the same time it’s likely to summon up a storm of legal trouble.
[quote comment=“118312”]If the leadership in our society caved to mob mentality like Kevin did, there would be chaos. I cannot overstate that point. Kevin submitted to the mob mentality that formed on Digg.[/quote]
I have to agree whole-heartedly with that.
[quote comment=“118314”]It might seem like the easier decision, since it calms the water on Digg, but at the same time it’s likely to summon up a storm of legal trouble.[/quote]
Quite possibly legal hassles on the horizon – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6623331.stm Though I doubt it. Havent they changed the key already? Seems wholly pointless really.
I cant help but think that Kevin had his own reasons for doing this and it wasnt free speech, it was the increasing ass-hatishness and irrelevance of Digg.
Im biased though – I really cant stand the vocal majority on Digg.
[quote post=“2539”]Im biased though – I really cant stand the vocal majority on Digg.[/quote]
You and me both.
“Shove your fucking DRM up your own ass. Pleaseâ€.
I’m glad you added that ‘please’ at the end. Without it, your comment sounded a bit impolite.