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NEW YORK (AP) - Operators of a Web site that ranks and displays items based on recommendations from its users relented this week in allowing people to post information and links on breaking the locks on high-definition DVDs.
Digg.com initially said allowing such messages could subject it to liability under the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Digg said that by law, it must respond to removal requests that came from the owners of the DVD copy-protection system.
But in a signal that sites that give people control over ranking news items elsewhere also lose control over their own operations, users rebelled against Digg's decision and simply posted the messages again every time they were deleted.
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