"That costs money"
Of course it does. So does a LexusNexus account. So does everything else that it takes to keep this site up and running for the purpose for which it was intended. And what is the point of spending a fortune to run a site if it gets to the point where it can no longer function as it was intended to function? We just have to find a way; that's all. Jim seems to think it is a possibility. I'm sure if a lot of regular donors to FR were to up our donations by even $3-5, we could manage the added cost. I don't believe the perpetrators of this attack should be allowed to go unchallenged. In fact, I think we owe it to ourselves and to the lurkers and future FReepers to do whatever it takes to throw it right back at them while at the same time getting ourselves on more secure legal footing.