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Revolt!! Digg is in open revolt against HD-DVD, the AACS, the DMCA, their terms-of-service, and "the man". At least 50,000 Diggs have been 'dugg' on stories displaying the "outlaw code" which encrypts content on high-capacity HD-DVD disks, the format owned by Toshiba and supported by others, such as Microsoft, Walt Disney, Sony, and Warner Brothers.
Digg originally complied with the (DMCA?) takedown notices, but after strenuous objections from the readership (as well as the revelation that HD-DVD was a prior sponsor of Diggnation), founder Kevin Rose has hoisted the Pirate Flag, pledging "[they'd] rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be. If we lose, then what the hell, at least we died trying[.]"
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