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Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding (arstechnica.com)

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Meta’s copyright defense may hinge on court ignorance of torrenting terminology.

Case file: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Kadrey-v-Meta-Reply-In-Support-of-Motion-to-Dismiss-2-20-25.pdf

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[–] taiyang 9 points 2 days ago

Lol, torrenting without seeding... as if I needed to hate meta more.

(Although admittedly, I didn't seed as a teen because of complications with a router I didn't have admin rights to, but as a young adult, the unfortunately defunct PleasureDome folks did teach me to respect seeding).