Considering how powerful is the copyright mafia (Remember that the pirate bay founder got jail-time) I totally understand why the people running the instance are doing so. I get why user are pissed off, but they're free to host their own instance and deal by themselves with the legal liability
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2024
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I can see why they would do this if their servers are in the US, Japan, Germany or another country with insane copyright laws. If not this move is stupid, almost as stupid as hosting your server in one of those countries.
Neither the server or community host copyrighted content. You can't even directly link to sources for it either per the community and server rules. All the community does is discuss piracy which isn't illegal
True, but let's not forget that Lemmy instances are hosted by ordinary people without the finances to employ high price legal teams. If they receive a threatening letter from (for example) Sony or Disney they still have to either acquiesce or find a lot of money very quickly to simply argue their case.
In the US you can apparently sue software companies that make software sometimes used for piracy so it apparently doesn't even need to be illegal there for people to shut it down if they are rich enough.
Lemmy.world continues to prove that their biggest utility is in attracting the bulk of the Reddit Crowd so that other, more specialized communities aren't overwhelmed, and the older worlders can then join a better community for the long-run.
...attracting the bulk of the Reddit Crowd...
But r/piracy is still an thing. Crazy.
And it's a shell of it's former self. A lot of the serious members switched to c/piracy, db0 being the prime example
Again?
Thanks for pointing it out. Time to stop using my Lemmy world account. Bye-bye
Edit: or more likely just make another account and main it.
Lemmy.world is designed for people who want another Reddit. Interacting with their users & communities tells you all you need to know. I'd be a fan of defederating, tbh
What are the design features of lemmy.world that make it stand out here?
The instance beef is annoying to me, but i'm not here for the politics talk, maybe that's why i don't get it. I see pleasant and unpleasant users coming from all kinds of instances.
I would love to be a fly on the wall in their internal discussions.