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All content on Digg is defaulted under CC0, which means that Digg has waived all copyright restrictions to its content.

The CC0 waiver expresses that content posted on Digg is public domain even internationally. A minor point maybe, but our previous public domain dedication was only clear within the USA. When a friend from Creative Commons suggested that we move to a CC0 waiver, to even more clearly affirm our intentions, it seemed obvious. — Daniel Burka, Digg Creative Director (http://about.digg.com/blog/some-small-important-digg-updates)

Overview

Digg is a social news website that highlights user-contributed content based on their popularity which is determined by readers voting up and down stories. Digg has waived all copyright restrictions on its content through the CC0 public domain waiver. Digg content may include readers' comments, story titles, story descriptions, and all other user-contributed content on the Digg site.

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Digg waives all copyright restrictions under the CC0 public domain waiver.

Motivations

Previously, all Digg content was stated as in the public domain, but Digg went a step further by using the CC0 public domain waiver to ensure that its content would be available on more or less the same terms around the world.

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