Boy this is just a thread of deleted posts.

Even the mod's posts were deleted.

BB, I've been following this "issue" since it came to light. I really don't understand. Why bother re-enabling comments at all? I'm sorry Cory is being put through the wringer but this is a natural topic for people to want to talk about it. You have a website that allows people to comment. You can't just selectively delete without commenting reasonable (a lot that got deleted seemed reasonable to me) posts and expect to foster some kind of community.

Additionally, the whole issue is really interesting. What's okay to copy, when do "take down notices" go to far, what are the responsibilities of sites that have illegal content, is there a middle ground? A lot of the content on BB attempts to answer those questions. But here they are, Cory in effect brought them right to BB's doorstep, and it appears BB ignored the opportunity to talk about those questions.

Why pretend nothing is going on?