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I can understand the motivation to archive the content about to get deleted (although I'm skeptical of the idea it has any value), but it sounds like they basic

I can understand the motivation to archive the content about to get deleted (although I'm skeptical of the idea it has any value), but it sounds like they basically took no consideration of whether their archive effort would flood the site they're archiving. I think it's fair for Gfycat to be pissed off about suddenly being flooded, it's not worth a lawsuit though. Having said that, the content and website belongs to gfycat and they can choose who they serve that content to.

ajayyy 7y ago
They definitely did. They said they did contact Gfycat and they said that they would extend the deadline a bit. They took that as them being okay with the archive and went fully forward at the speed to be able to get the archive done in the amount of time left. See https://dd.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/dt3aom/archive_team_gfycat_has_threatened_to_sue_and_is/ https://dd.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/dt3aom/archive_...