It’s incredibly sad to see threat actors attack something as altruistic as an internet library. Truly demoralizing to see such degeneracy.
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I’m asking seriously - did IA do shitty things that make them a worthy cause for politically/ideologically motivated hacking?
I don't think that justifies blaming the victim here, and from what I can see the attacker doesn't seem to be motivated by anything other than funsies, but I absolutely lost a lot of faith in their leadership when they pulled the NEL nonsense. The IA is too valuable for them to act like a young activist org—there's too much for us to lose at this point. They need to hold the ground they've won and leave the activism to other organizations.
[0] https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-loses-hachette-...
The black woman on the bus refusing to give up her seat was also 100% legally obviously in the wrong. IA lost not because what they were doing was morally wrong, but because each and every one of us continually refuses to agitate for the kind of change that would benefit the world.
If you want the public to have a library, you must enshrine that library's right to exist and operate in law, or it will never survive legal challenges from IP holders. Physical libraries would never be allowed to exist in modern America, not without 100 years of precedence of the first sale doctrine. You can bet your ass disney would have tried to kill such a thing. Freely watch our movies? No chance.