Losses on the Nasdaq this year are closely related to this destruction because trustbusters have pledged to use the Microsoft case as a precedent to impede the growth and shackle the talent of others in the information economy.
Now that Digg has caved to its users and allowed them to post the code, attorney Gregory Rutchik of the San Francisco-based Arts and Technology Law Group says the site could be sued by the AACS. "Giving someone code that expressly instructs how to steal content is infringing, " Rutchik says, pointing to the 2600 case as a precedent.