I'm definitely beginning to wonder about how the LJ-fandom-squashing rumor started. It certainly looks fairly suspicious, given the timing.

And I still can't track down the source of the rumor, since it appears to have started in a series of locked posts from different LJers. It's maddening.

But I still think the wank is something of a perfect storm, if only because there is the lesson there: it spilled over into the real world (however slightly). That's actually pretty amazing, when you think about it.

But the IP Bill is definitely something to watch, I think.