artifishall design » digg http://artifishalldesign.com/blog What is artifishall? a readers mind gone a muck, a starving artist who will stop at nothing to get his stories read, a beatified sci-fried world in which nothing and everything make sense. No it is not the place for all your fishing needs it is simply Art If I Shall call it that Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:14:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Step up, if Digg is to get buried http://artifishalldesign.com/blog/2007/05/01/step-up-if-digg-is-to-get-buried/ http://artifishalldesign.com/blog/2007/05/01/step-up-if-digg-is-to-get-buried/#comments Wed, 02 May 2007 06:16:07 +0000 artifishall http://artifishalldesign.com/blog/?p=40 Today could be the day that digg goes down and the day that digg stands up to the corporate world and gives them the finger, both of which were forced down the throat of digg.com owner’s and operators by it’s users.

There was a string of characters that flooded the internet today and after a take down notice was given to digg.com to take it down they proceeded to do as asked. But then the digg community, the creative bunch that they are decided to strike back and create as many different ways to mask the code as they could. From picture displaying the hex color representation of the numbers to a song with the code as the lyrics. It got out of hand and the very hand that was feeding digg could now take it down. So all I have to say to my fellow diggers is that if digg goes to court we all better pitch in for the legal costs, for we are digg and if we want this thing to survive we better stand up to help fight for what we helped create.

I’m not one for DRM (see previous post) so it seems to me that it is time to stand up for our beliefs, I don’t want to see any of you go hind in a corner when this sh1t goes down.

For more on this story read
Kevin Rose’s blog Post from Digg.com
Jay Adelson’s Original Response from Digg.com
Digg Revolt
Google & blogs issued with AACS Cease & Desist
A Hex Story
Mac OS Hex Screensaver
Oh Nine, Eff Nine – The Song

I really hope that this doesn’t bring down the site, and if it does, Kevin, I’ll be more than willing to host it under a different name.

]]> http://artifishalldesign.com/blog/2007/05/01/step-up-if-digg-is-to-get-buried/feed/ 0 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 http://artifishalldesign.com/blog/2007/05/01/09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0/ http://artifishalldesign.com/blog/2007/05/01/09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0/#comments Wed, 02 May 2007 05:19:58 +0000 artifishall http://artifishalldesign.com/blog/?p=39 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 So these number’s have been floating around the internet today and some might wonder what they mean. They are the code that breaks the encoding of the HD DVDs. Some are trying to hide it and are coming down on those sites that are posting it. DRM can’t last forever because people want the content they pay for in whatever format they use. They want to be able to convert their dvds and cds to put on their iPods, they want to store all their content on a computer so they don’t have to deal with discs that may get scratched or broken. They want all their media at their finger tips and they don’t want someone looking over their shoulder telling them what to do with the goods they spent their hard earned money on. How long will it take for these large industries to understand that, how long will it take before they change their practices and try to please their customers instead of continually piss them off like they are today. When.

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