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May 1st, 2007If you’re a fan of Digg check out the madness over there.
It goes something like this.
1. Someone posts link to HD-DVD processing key.
2. Story becomes must dugg story.
3. MPAA issues a takedown to Digg
4. Digg obliges
5. Users get extremely upset, pull out Freedom of Speech violation card.
6. Users post hundred’s of nonsensical stories/photos to front page/comments with HD-DVD processing key.
Update: 7. Digg says they’ll fight it now (they pretty much had to)
Good times.
May 1st, 2007 at 11:35 pm
what is a processing key?
May 1st, 2007 at 11:39 pm
It basically allows the player (software or hardware) the ability to read the disk, to get into the DRM. Previously you couldn’t read it on Linux, etc. Now people can use this code to read (and let’s be hoenst, potentially pirate) the disk.
May 2nd, 2007 at 2:41 am
And it turns out that pretty much all HD-DVDs have the same key. Hahahah.
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:52 am
sweeet, but don’t you need a hd dvd rom to rip it? and can you even buy blank hd dvd’s yet to pirate them?
May 15th, 2007 at 9:16 am
[...] Picture Association of America (MPAA) is asking sites to remove. Apparently, there was a bit of a kerfuffle over on Digg about it. So, um, look quick because I might have to take the numbers down in a few [...]