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Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41447758

Worried that the IA's obsession over this undermines their crucial work with the Wayback Machine, which I personally think is by far their most important piece of work.

It would be a complete disaster for legal fees or other potential fines associated with the lawsuit to damage the Wayback Machine/web archive.

Earlier submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41449120