In answer to Mark Blafkin of ACT and Cord Blomquist of CEI, Tim Lee from the Cato Institute defends comparing the Digg-AACS situation to the Boston Tea Party and other historic symbols of revolutionary grandeur on yonder.

But what value is there to society in having circumvention code show up on Digg? There may be symbolic value for the peer-production crowd, thus it is not surprising that Lee associates the Digg fiasco with a loose concept of "libertarienism." The definition of "libertarienism" will change as Lee conjures up more symbolisms in his crusades, and as he ventures out to unchartered territory, where the deer and antelope play, and the buffalo roam.

The symbolic religious wars of the peer-production crowd may be exciting to them, but the rest of us should stay focused on innovation.