[Air-l] Digg user 'riot' going on now

Jose P. Zagal jp at cc.gatech.edu
Wed May 2 07:01:55 PDT 2007


The Digg admins have since changed their position on the issue.
See the latest entry on the Digg blog: http://blog.digg.com/?p=74




Jose



Ellie Wix wrote:
> I found this story on gizmodo.com this morning and thought I might share for
> anyone who might be interested.
>
> Apparently someone found an HD-DVD key code that would allow users to bypass
> copy protection.  This was posted onto Digg but was then removed for obvious
> reasons.  Out of anger the users are now (is diggbombing a word?) flooding
> the site with the code in retaliation to it being removed.  Even now I'm
> looking at a few of my friends who have the code as their away messages.
>
> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/geeks-will-not-be-silenced/breaking-digg-riot-in-full-effect-over-pulled-hd+dvd-key-story-256982.php
>
> And thanks to the entire list.  I posted a question and req for lit a few
> months back and it helped tremendously, even changed the course of my
> project.
>
> -Ellie
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José Pablo Zagal
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