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Exactly, everyone complaining isn't thinking about the person hosting this instance. They have to fight the battle if it comes.
First sensible response Iβve seen on this thread. Why would Lemmy.world want to incur legal costs that they probably could not recoup? Which angry users on this post will donate $500/hr that the top law firms charge?
None. Precisely none. This is a huge case of "let's you and him fight!"
Look at what happened to Gary Bowser. Dude basically ran PR on a website, but because he was the guy who they were actually able to find and get a hold of easily, he's now on the hook for millions of dollars of damages that he didn't cause to Nintendo.
I am disappointed in this because I think that there is such a thing as ethical piracy and protest piracy and that they're important. But I also know that those things aren't going to be stopped or even significantly hindered by one instance deciding not to host their content. And I understand the fear that comes with stories about how rights holders have gone after whoever the fuck they can when they've got a burr up their ass about something.
Should the admins of Lemmy.World be held liable for a community simply discussing piracy and not actively practicing it on the site? No. Would they be? We don't know. It's possible. And that's what makes it scary. People who commit digital crimes often get hit with disproportionately harsh punishments. They're sometimes treated like terrorists. It's insane. And yes, it's frightening.
Ethical piracy lmao
The internet never ceases to amaze
Abandonware is ethical piracy since there's no feasible way to purchase it from the rights holders directly.
You know what I hadn't considered abandonware, and I will def gladly concede both that point and supplying to "blacklist" countries that ban media.
I pirate like a son-of-a-bitch.^1^ The stuff I pirate is not available where I live. There is literally zero avenues for me to purchase it.
In what meaningful (βthis word is important and doing a lot of heavy lifting, so pay close attention to it!) way are the people I'm pirating from getting harmed? As such, in what meaningful (βc.f. above for the importance of this word) way, then, is it unethical?
And if it isn't unethical it is ... ?
The Internet truly does never cease to amaze. Just not in the way that some of its louder, brasher, more uninformed, thoughtless portions think it does.
^1^ I still support lemmy.world's decision to block those communities. Yes, you can be pro-piracy, an active pirate, and still support an action that is contrary to piracy. Welcome to "nuance". It's not a native of the Internet so you don't see it very often.
Apparently, none of this was even hosted on lemmy.world. And didn't have anything to do with it. The decision is a pretty knee jerk.
I'm in the middle of litigation, through no fault of my own, and it's costing between $300-$650 an HOUR (depending on who in the firm is doing what) to defend my position. The firm I am using is great for what I need them for, but up against the likes of Disney I would be ruined, fucking ruined, in less than a year. Living in my car ruined.
Knee jerk or not, since none of you complainers are going to foot the bill, whatever helps the admins of this instance sleep at night I am sure is worth it.
[edit] Also knee jerk or not, the 1st time you find out that you are on the radar could be when an officer of the court serves you with papers.
Well, the whole point of a DMCA notice is to let you remove content BEFORE the legal action. And I don't know if you looked at it, but the Piracy sub is only discussion, with a rule that disallows any links. If anything, they'd go for the actual instance that hosts it, not this totally unrelated one. I don't think they even know Lemmy exists. And yet, the Piracy Reddit is completely fine.
This is the Way.
If you think Lemmy is even on their radar when reddit still hosts much bigger communities having all the same conversations, youβre crazy. I would bet they donβt even know we exist yet.
An ancient legal strategy in systems with Common Law is to build up precedence. The way this works is thus:
Small fry like Lemmy instance owners are perfect fodder for this strategy.
Except they've already attempted this against much bigger fries, and lost. The precedence goes the other way.