Why?

The site is running well and technology-wise we've never seen better days, which unfortunately belies the binary outcome of this peril: if he wins a copyright dispute, the site is gone. There is no path forward if critical commentary stops being protected as Fair Use. Giving him an inch now is miles lost in the immediate future. If we avoid the costs of litigation by yielding to bullshit copyright claims, we lose all of our archives. If we fail to litigate effectively, the LLC goes bankrupt and he will probably try and seize our hardware. Therefore, the only real option is apparent: we must be completely triumphant in court.