Perhaps a more fitting way of thanking them would be to make a page thanking them, and get everyone to digg it until it appears on the front page. A rather ambitious goal, but it might just catch on (especially since the encryption code did).
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 04/05/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ringo Kamens</b> <<a href="mailto:2600denver@gmail.com">2600denver@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Letter Sent!<br><br>Dear DIGG,<br><br>As an organization and as real people with real legal liabilities, it
<br>is always a risk to participate in activities that are clearly illegal<br>or in gray areas. When you blocked the HD-DVD key from circulation,<br>your users clearly showed to you that they didn't want to participate
<br>in a community with censorship. You responded the correct way by<br>deciding not to censor the HD-DVD key. In fact, you acted courageously<br>and despite demands from the MAFIA and HD-DVD CA you acted in civil<br>disobedience. We sincerely appreciate your efforts and wish to not
<br>only thank, but also support your efforts to support internet freedoms<br>and free speech. We have your back if this turns into a legal problem<br>for you and will continue to watch the DIGG community grow. When our<br>
rights are threatened, it is our responsibility as citizens to defend<br>them and this is exactly what you did. Thanks for being a good<br>citizen, a good corporate citizen, and a fellow human being in our<br>continuing struggle for social justice and freedom. Thank you and keep
<br>up the good work.<br>Submitted Respectfully,<br>Comrade Ringo Kamens<br>Binary Freedom Project<br>General Coordinator<br>BinaryFreedom.info<br><br>On 5/3/07, Ringo Kamens <<a href="mailto:2600denver@gmail.com">2600denver@gmail.com
</a>> wrote:<br>> Dear Brothers and Sisters,<br>> Please take 2 minutes to thank DIGG for their work to fight<br>> censorship. Initially, when the HD-DVD keys were released they decided<br>> to take them down. When DIGG's users made every single link on their
<br>> front page contain that number then they issued a public apology,<br>> stopped blocking those stories, and even submitted a few of their own.<br>> They have no doubt received large amounts of criticism from the MAFIAA
<br>> (MPAA/RIAA), the DVDCCA, and the HDDVD CA. They have taken an<br>> extremely bold step by being participants in this act of civil<br>> disobedience. Please take the time to thank them for standing up to<br>
> the corporate conglomerates by sending them a letter using their<br>> feedback email.<br>> <a href="mailto:feedback@digg.com">feedback@digg.com</a><br>> Please send a copy of all messages to <a href="mailto:2600denver+carboncopy@gmail.com">
2600denver+carboncopy@gmail.com</a><br>> (yes, it's a valid email address. Just try it) so we can compile your<br>> comments into a life-sized letter to deliver or publish some results.<br>> We will keep your information confidential if you so request.
<br>> Sincerely,<br>> Comrade Ringo Kamens<br>> Binary Freedom<br>><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Advocate mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Advocate@badvista.org">Advocate@badvista.org
</a><br><a href="http://badvista.fsf.org/mailman/listinfo/advocate">http://badvista.fsf.org/mailman/listinfo/advocate</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Mark William Darbyshire<br><br><a href="http://markdarb.googlepages.com/">
http://markdarb.googlepages.com/</a><br>Jabber/Google Talk: <a href="mailto:markdarb@gmail.com">markdarb@gmail.com</a><br><br>"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." -John 3:5