So would they have been fine if they extracted MEV but didn't try to hide the income from the government? Seems like this is less about MEV and more about hiding their actions?
That OP has every reason to be concerned if/when they lose this case. As mentioned, it opens the door to even more lawsuits (they're already fighting the record labels for instance) and I don't know if they can survive those.
It's best to take action now and backup what you want than waiting until it's too late.
The OP did post Brewster's response at the end of the post.
At least on HN, the principle mode I see them in is paywall circumvention. That’s tangible revenue to news organisations. I love the Archive’s mission, but they go about it in a risky way.
i don't think you can say it's a kneejerk reaction. Brewster Khale's reply doesn't really address the concerns in the original post - if anything, it seems to validate those concerns. specifically:
"The Archive is an ongoing evolution towards "What is a Library in the 21st Century going to be?""
seems to confirm that the internet archive's primary goal is not the continued preservation of the archive.
That doesn't really confirm that, IMHO. The line before claims the opposite, in fact: "The Internet Archive has been around since 1996, and while that does not guarantee anything, it shows continuity of support and strong commitment to digital preservation with as much access as possible."
The fact is that China is going to fill that cheap car gap and is going to lead to a furious response, but that won't include US carmakers actually competing, as Dan Gillmor says: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39736429
My life got better when I switched from worrying if I was acting in a nonconformist way to worrying that I might be perceived as a conformist.
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