I understand that receiving DMCA's may cause fear, but keep in mind that online communities are very exposed to such action, and handling DMCA notices should be a part of normal operation. Someone always isn't going to like what you are hosting and will try to shut you down legally.
pankuleczkapl
joined 1 year ago
It does have a lot with DMCA. Maybe not specifically the DMCA, but all the relevant regulations all around the world that are equivalent to DMCA because of copyright treaties. And yes, while you are right about Germany being more dangerous in terms of piracy (mainly because of copyright trolls), the relevant authority handling the case could very well be the USA court system.
Thank you, and please keep in mind some people are not willing to go that far because of their jurisdiction and not specifically entitlement. I went that far because I know that in Eastern Europe it is very rare to even receive a letter from ISP, not to even mention any type of persecution.
Yes, there is a tool: https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim/releases. I recommend lemm.ee for general use, or dbzer0 if you are really into piracy.
Sure, if someone uses it then it's no problem for me. There are much bigger communities already out there though, so I see no reason to do that. I'll set it up right now to show you
I can openly admit I am breaking the law for example by using torrents for piracy - and I seed as much as I can, though it in theory makes me liable. So yes, I am the change I want to see - piracy should be free to discuss everywhere
Pre-legal action such as DMCA requests or cease and desist letters
From DMCA.com:
The document stipulates the content that has been stolen and republished without permission with a request for removal. It must be created and submitted in a specific manner so as to comply with the law. Failure to do so means the "notice" to remove the content will not be followed by any party involved in the infringement.
In exchange for the immediate removal of the content the publisher receives safe harbor from litigation regarding the illegal publication of copyrighted content.
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I am not suggesting lemmy.world should be "complacent" in this activity and keep the content after receiving any type of notice. If you host any website with content coming from users, you are not responsible for what they post, as long as you try to comply with the law and remove any offending content. In this case, complacency would be specifically allowing such content, and not merely not moderating harshly everything in they grey area.