Digg Users Are Revolting
Posted by Ray @ 11:53 amPerson A: “Digg users are revolting!”
Person B: “I know!”
So goes the joke (paraphrased from the movie Chicken Run).
But if you visit digg, you’ll see the entire front page covered with nothing but stories leaking the HD-DVD encryption key.
“It’s nothing short of a revolt!” they proclaim. A riot on the internet, a powerful negative reaction to DRM. Well done, give yourselves a pat on the back, you’ve shown The Man…
…absolutely nothing.
It’s a start, to be sure, but what effect will it really have on DRM? Jobs has already announced that the iTunes store will sell DRM-free music from EMI, presumably with others soon to follow. Sure, it’s a completely self-serving gesture, but it’s also the right thing to do, and it’s actually making a difference. A difference to people who are disconnected from their customers (read: the music industry), a difference to the customers themselves, a counterpoint to Captain Copyright and his band of seriously lame propaganda spouters.
But the “revolution” on digg? There’s a phrase that describes the mass riot on digg perfectly. It’s called “preaching to the choir”. A bunch of guys who agree with each other decide to give each other mutual hand jobs.
Yes, it’s one step up from masturbation, but it ain’t sex, if you know what I mean.
That being said, it’s really cool to see the entire front page covered in nothing but links to an obscure hexadecimal number.
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Comment by xtkidrhl kotbsxlj — Monday, May 21 2007 @ 1:49 pm