Digg Battles Takedown Notice
News-swapping Web site Digg said earlier this week that it would delete a number of articles referencing a cracked digital videodisc encryption key that could circumvent certain technological protection measures. The firm received a cease-and-desist letter from the consortium that owns rights to the key that had been cracked.
But Digg members did not appreciate the move, which they saw unnecessary censorship. After receiving thousands of comments, the site decided not to remove the stories containing the code, founder Kevin Rose said on the site's blog.
He summed it up this way: "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."
Will Digg end up in court? Stay tuned...
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