a fork would be too simple imo. There are people behind hive (basically everybody who showed up to the last hive fest). Would be pretty easy for lbry to just fork the chain and continue running it.
And on top, Ethereum (foundation) seems to get a free pass as well. Vitalik is still around...
Ethereum foundation is already bought by those powers that be
proof
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amiyaguchi
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/aya-miyaguchi
https://protos.com/consensys-lawsuit-jpmorgan-owns-critical-ethereum-infrastructure/
There are a lot more people behind Hive than who turned up at HiveFest. Anyone from Africa or South America couldn't get Visas to the EU. And accommodation was so expensive (because Amsterdam banned AirBnB) that most could not afford it.