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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.
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