We thought about that, and after some time the silence became heavy, and grim. They came home with me to take counsel and refuge. We drafted a legal reply and then, knowing we would be assailed, we reached out to the strange and wayward ghosts of the Internet’s liberty—to Anonymous and its curious, non-existent cousins: the Magnificent Seven and the Round Table; the Fourth Stooge, the Gray I and the XX-Men. We called campaign groups and newspapers and we let our defiance be known. Everyone was angry for us. Everyone said they would help.