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I definitely don't think it's the case, but damn, can you imagine if they were doing this to themselves to drive donations? That would be diabolical.
That would be a next level bamboozle but if it were true I’m wouldn't even be mad.
If they came out and said this is what we did, I would donate to them just because of how gangster that move is
The Internet Archive is so incredible that it’s nearly offensive to even think such a thing heh (not to censor you, just my visceral reaction)
Well, they find themselves in a delicate situation with the US publishing and recording industry associations. It could be one of their resources to keep the library alive by scaring users with the possibility that it will cease to exist due to malicious entities and their advanced techniques, which as I said is not so far from reality