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A handful of hours ago, the users of Digg collectively revolted, as reported by Mashable in a series of posts this evening. A story containing an encryption key for HD-DVD had been published on the site by a user but Digg received a cease-and-desist from, I gather, a powerful consortium called the AACS saying, presumably, that under the DMCA they need to take that key down. Digg did so, but another user submitted another story about the key. Digg took that down too.
And then all hell broke loose. Users of Digg collectively revolted against the management and posted the number millions of times across the site. At one point, every story going back five pages was apparently there to spread the encryption key. Digg’s servers also reportedly had trouble keeping up with the assault the users were giving them.