Check out the history of posts linking to heatst.com on Reddit. It's a 100% fucking clickbait site, and Slashdot got punked.

Slashdot fucked up. Delete this shit.

I bet they only had one employee supporting this app - the original developer - and he either died or left the company, so they probably can't actually support it because they no longer know how to.

Or maybe someone accidentally turned off the old server that nobody dared to touch & it wouldn't turn back on again.

They might not have any choice but to sue.

Content triggering epilepsy. Virus or malware on the DVD. There are probably other scenarios.