Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ - Divisions by zero
lemmy.dbzer0.com
##### ⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements. — ### Rules • Full Version [https://rentry.co/piracy-rules] 1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy 2. Don’t request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote 3. Don’t request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs 4. Don’t submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others 5. Don’t post questions already answered. Read the wiki — [https://a.imagem.app/oZoQ1v.png]https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/10901 — ### Loot, Pillage, & Plunder - 📜 Megathread [https://rentry.co/megathread] - 🪶 FAQ [https://rentry.co/piracy-faq] - 🪶 ISP Complaints [https://rentry.co/piracy-isp-complaints] - 🪶 Rules [https://rentry.co/piracy-rules] — 💰 Please help cover server costs. Ko-Fi [https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/4a2f073a-3dd8-492a-942d-72bd929c9f1d.png]https://ko-fi.com/dbzer0Liberapay [https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/eec4659d-39be-4fc9-bc9e-66a96285ea2c.png]https://liberapay.com/db0/ —
  • Striker@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Despite reports I have decided to keep the comments open and the post up. I think removing this will only add fuel to the fire.

  • snickers@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Some of the comments in here are a fucking disgrace and a disappointment.

    I just shut down my own self-hosted instance the other week because of legal concerns. Caching anything and everything that gets pushed to my server and basically having to put all my faith in other admins taking care of illegal stuff in a timely manner was stressful and not worth the risk. And that was a solo instance!

    It’s only a matter of time until lawyers backed by millions of dollar come knocking on the door of lemmy admins and I can’t fault lw for being pro-active. Whether or not it’s legal in your jurisdiction to host communities like this doesn’t matter at all if you’re not the one with a name attached to the server. Even wrongful legal claims by copyright holders are costly and time intensive to fight back against.

    Why should a private person who hosts an instance for thousands of users for free subject themselves to such a risk?

  • leraje@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Might be worth remembering here that Lemmy instances, including .world are hosted by regular people. Not massive multinational companies worth billions who can engage the best legal talent around.

    If Hollywood comes after a Lemmy instance, Holywood have a huge legal team and endless money. The Lemmy instance has some guy. They could quite literally destroy a persons life. With that in mind, I don’t blame any instance owners for erring on the side of taking a stance that won’t put them in the legal firing line.