On 5/4/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 04/05/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
On 5/4/07, Joe Szilagyi szilagyi@gmail.com wrote:
I'm just curious. Isn't it a technical violation of US law/DMCA to link back to pages that include infringing material?
I don't think that has ever been decided in court one way or another. But someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
2600 got hit by it. They haven't gone after anyone else linking to the stuff.
Right, but the 2600 case established a precedent that the links are subject to the restrictions. And we can't reasonably plead ignorance about the 2600 case.
The real, really serious problem is that the post-2600 case intimidation seems to be failing. They're likely to lash out against a high-value target to try to re-establish the intimidation. Digg sort of set themselves up as that high-value target, but they might not be that limited.
We should keep the number out for the time being and do everything we can to support Digg if they file suit against Digg. Better them than us.