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EFF and Dvorak Blame the Digg Revolt On Lawyers

Posted by kdawson on from the jet-fuel-on-a-fire dept.

enharmonix writes "A bit of an update on the recent Digg revolt over AACS. The NYTimes has taken notice and written quite a decent article that actually acknowledges that the take-down notices amount to censorship and documents instances of the infamous key appearing in purely expressive form. I was pleased to see the similarity to 2600 and deCSS was not lost on the Times either. More interesting is that the EFF's Fred von Lohmann blames the digg revolt on lawyers. And in an opinion piece, John Dvorak expands on that theme."

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  1. Hell must have frozen over... by rwyoder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dvorak is making sense.

  2. You might be a Redneck AACS lawyer if... by skoaldipper · · Score: 5, Funny

    you digg your own grave rather than rob anothers.

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    I hope, when they die, cartoon characters have to answer for their sins.
  3. Insult Dvorak if you want, but he by kernel_pat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Makes a damn good keyboard layout though