Digg Gives Into User Revolt; Are Those DMCA Takedown Notices Even Valid?

"After a grassroots revolt by Digg users, Digg has decided to stop censoring posts about an HD-DVD decryption number used by the industry-backed Advanced Access Content System to protect HD-DVDs. The AACS claims that anyone publishing the number may be violating US laws against circumvention of copy protection. How the story unfolded below, plus more on how the DMCA takedown notices being issued by the AACS to Google don't seem to be valid and certainly aren't like the usual ones fired off for actual copyright theft.

"Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 from Digg founder Kevin Rose is his white flag of surrender to upset Diggers. Rose uses the controversial number as the title of his post and says that Digg will no longer be pulling submissions about the number."

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