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It's ok. They did the right thing, and continue to do so even without your approval or sympathy. You can move on with your life, they will continue to fight the good fight as they always have.

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If that was guaranteed I'd be more than happy. But it isn't, because their foolish actions have endangered the existence of the Archive. These first two lawsuits are just the beginning. There's blood in the water now.

If they are going to continue this weird strategy of tanking lawsuits that any competent counsel would advise they're going to lose, they should split off the more-irreplaceable and more frequently used part of the archive (that is, the web archive) into a separate legal entity, so that attacks on one don't endanger the other.

As you seem concerned about the existence of the archive being endangered I presume you agree.

Oh certainly, if IA wants to split off an independent entity for bulldog IP freedom advocacy I'll open my wallet right now. But putting all the legal and semi-legal content I care about at risk because you want to swing around a big freedom dick doesn't make you a hero; it makes you a jackass.

The thought did cross my mind that being destroyed by lawsuits might actually be their objective...

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