http://louisgray.disqus.com/A Silicon Valley Blog for Early Adopters and Tech GeeksenThu, 03 May 2007 14:50:00 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2007/05/unpopular-opinion-digg-revolt-is-bad.html#comment-429217997<p>Digg eventually decided by their actions that Digg belongs to the users. In today's enviro, the right decision if page views and usage are the dominant motivations. It will be interesting to see if sites that choose to exercise more editorial control will be able to compete in tomorrow's enviro.</p>gzinoThu, 03 May 2007 14:50:00 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2007/05/unpopular-opinion-digg-revolt-is-bad.html#comment-429217998<p>You seem to be implying that the only people who want this code out in the open are people who want to pirate movies. <br><br>I couldn't disagree more. I've used the DeCSS DVD ripping code dozens of times to rip DVD movies to the hard drive of my home theater PC and laptop. I have NEVER burned a copy of a movie for someone else or made my movies available via the Internet. I've legitimately paid for every single movie I've watched. I feel strongly that I and every other American has a fair use right to place or time shift content for my own personal use.<br><br>I should be able to rip an audio CD, DVD or HD-DVD movie for use in my bedroom, on my iPod, on my Linux box or to my laptop for viewing while on vacation. Sure, the studios don't want me doing it, because they want to charge multiple times for the same content. Fair use doesn't disappear just because the studios say "No." You seem to equate passion over fair use rights to a desire to pirate content. I'm telling you that these are NOT the same thing.<br><br>Digg is not going to let a DIVX copy of the Simpsons or a Vista activation key stay on the site because those are clear acts of piracy. Sure, some people will use the HD-DVD key for piracy. But there is also a substantial fair use reason to have the key out there. Fair use does not equal piracy, and that's why Digg backed down.</p>CarlWed, 02 May 2007 19:50:00 -0000