The only named defendant in the Anna’s Archive ‘WorldCat’ hacking lawsuit suggests that the plaintiffs are going after the wrong person.

  • Shurimal
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    252 months ago

    In 2006, it became possible for anyone to search WorldCat directly at its open website [REDACTED], not only through the subscription FirstSearch interface where it had been available on the web to subscribing libraries for more than a decade before.

    So how is this “hacking” if the information is publicly accessible for all?