Digg fights user revolt over HD-DVD ban -- Digg founders took HD-DVD sponsorship

I think what makes this the most interesting of all is that from the standpoint of stomping out knowledge of the key, AACS's attempt at censorship has resulted in a flat-out catastrophe.

I don't own an HD-DVD player, and have never made any effort to learn how to break its encryption. I'm sure many people are just like me. If it wasn't for the user revolt I wouldn't know about it. (I don't typically use Digg, and use Reddit only rarely)

This is a really interesting case study. Especially since it seems as if hundreds of new users are migrating over to Reddit. I wonder if there will be any noticeable impact in Reddit's traffic because of this.

Digg's response: http://blog.digg.com/?p=73

Edit: huge update, digg surrenders - http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=18652

Update: every single story on the Digg front page is now related to the HD-DVD key. This is certainly an interesting event in the history of community based sites.

Digg's mistreating of their user base will take them down the Friendster path. Oh well...