is Dmoz corrupt?

Shoemoney has an interesting live experience with a DMOZ editor apparently attempting to extort money in order to keep his listing in the directory. There has certainly been a diminishing effect of how important Dmoz is in the post-google/blogosphere era. Read the full story at http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/08/26/dmoz-extortion/

As usual, plenty of people are talking about it too:
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