@psxphill, Use chip, connector, or pcb-layout-option that supports HDMI and the media-maffia sues you.
(not sure about the pcb-pad option route! thoe)
However an FPGA that supports the electrical interface of HDMI (Xilinx rocketport?) might be a way to deal with it. The hardware will be ok. And the producer isn't (hopefully) liable for what users do with it.
The problem with DisplayPort is the amount of video displays that supports it. Especially those fairly priced.