Digg found itself in the middle of a classic journalistic dilemma yesterday and made a decision that gives me hope for the future of journalism on the Internet:
Digg’s Kevin Rose decided that its first obligation was to the free flow of information:
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It’s especially interesting since Digg was responding to a censorship demand based on the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, because it came on the same day that Google invoked the DMCA as a defense in a similar case.
Google has moved to throw out a lawsuit claiming that YouTube clips constitute a “massive copyright infringement of Viacom’s entertainment properties.”
Google responded Monday to Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
Wouldn’t it be ironic justice if the DMCA, which Hollywood bought from Congress in 1998, turns out to be the Internet’s best defense against Hollywood?
- Apple hit with patent lawsuit | April 18, 2006
- Digg And Microsoft Strike Ad Deal | July 25, 2007
- Media Companies Reach Copyright Pact | October 18, 2007
- digg.com Out of Service | May 1, 2007
- Google/YouTube Rumor | October 7, 2006
Amen to all that brother! My faith in Digg has been restored.
Yes, Kevin ala Digg has done a good thing for all man kind… and there was much rejoicing… YAY!