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Re:My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Intern... by AnthonyMouse on Thursday July 23, 2020 @08:33PM (#23934362)
Let's go ahead and put to rest this theory that they're going to cease to exist. They don't have enough resources to be destroyed.

Suppose the naysayers are right and they're going to go bankrupt. What happens in bankruptcy? They sell their assets for fair market value.

To a new non-profit that uses them for the same purpose.

All that requires is that they raise an amount of money similar to what they ordinarily have to raise to continue operating regardless. They do, after all, replace all of their computers with newer ones from time to time already.

Re:My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Intern... by nordsieck on Friday July 24, 2020 @04:46AM (#23937203)
> What happens in bankruptcy? They sell their assets for fair market value.

Maybe.

The other thing that could happen is that their assets get valued by some 3rd party and the publishers own IA's assets as part of the settlement (who presumably destroy them).

Re:My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Intern... by mirimir on Thursday July 23, 2020 @08:51PM (#23934482)
Right. And furthermore, if they could be taken down, that's a bug, and it ought to be fixed. As I understand it, they're already somewhat decentralized, and it wouldn't be a huge stretch to become fully decentralized.