Assuming ~120TB [1], that would cost ~$1300 in AWS Export charges, plus whatever the drives cost. Just sent a tweet to Noah offering to cover all AWS export/drive costs to export the archive.
Yes. This was discussed at length with the Twitpic founder. He said something to the effect of: "don't worry, I'm working on a deal, trust me. But stop downloading the pics"
Was this in the last 48 hours? I'm hanging out in #quitpic as rumbles if that's a better place to discuss.