It does suck, but it was self-inflicted. I love the IA, I've even done volunteer work for the Physical Archive, but the "emergency library" was mad. I can't imagine how they justified it.
It's sad because it has muddied the image of IA and it made them look like rebels when in reality they were doing just fine flying (somewhat) under the radar.
I've also read some comments here from people saying they would possibly stop donating to the IA because of this. Because of donations, the scrutiny is 1000x more for non-profits vs regular companies.
Considering their software archive is one of the easiest source of warez today, I'd say they have a thing for painting targets on themselves.
Why? It’s not like this really makes a difference to the other 100 different things they’re doing.