[ COMMUNITY UPDATE ] - A Note on piracy and Lemmy.world's decision to ban piracy communities - 2023-08-14

https://lemmy.ml/post/3338287

[ COMMUNITY UPDATE ] - A Note on piracy and Lemmy.world's decision to ban piracy communities - 2023-08-14 - Lemmy

As you may know, Lemmy.world has decided to ban any communities that deal with the subjects of piracy. Considering that this sub might be considered piracy-adjacent, I’d like to make it clear that discussing the subject directly is not allowed, nor is requesting/offering Plex shares in posts or comments. This is a community for discussing Plex products, serivices, add-ons, etc. and getting adivce and support or those apps/services. It’s not a place to discuss piracy. I understant this is a fine line to walk and requires a certain amout of compartmentaliation in our discussions, but it’s what keeps our discussions from becomaing legally problematic (depending on your jusridiction) or our instnace hosts and keeps our community federated with and visible to as many users as possible! Thanks, Everyone! – The Mod Team - Plex FAQ [https://rentry.co/46dkv] - Frequently Asked Questions about using Plex Media Server and client apps with many useful links - Useful Plex Add-ons [https://rentry.co/p5vfp#lidarr] - Detailed info on many Plex add-ons with setup guides and other useful links - Join the c/Plex community on Matrix! [https://matrix.to/#/#cplex:matrix.org]

Fucking stupid decisions from lemmy world admins, time to make an account elsewhere it seems. Might just go to dbzeros instance
eh… lemmy.world is based in the US, so they’re liable for anything that gets federated there, as that stuff is not technically hosted on their servers. it’s not because they object to it, it’s just protecting themselves.
So has Reddit and piracy has been one of the biggest subs since the start of the site.
They were fairly strict on moderating any direct links and such
yeah. it was always a game of euphemisms and such there. how strict the enforcement was was always a game of pushing boundaries, getting snapped back by the admins, waves of bans and such, then more boundary-pushing. that went on for years.
reddit also has the money to pay for lawyers to defend itself from frivolous legal bullshit (and non-frivolous legal threats). lemmy instance admins don’t. I don’t blame them for playing it safe if their local laws make their lives difficult.

Reddit has a history of not giving a shit about its subreddits until it harms advertising/revenue

Prime Example: Pedo subs until they became a national news story.

If it was any other regular website like reddit it would just get completely shut down. Like others have said, this is the strength of federation.
Literally they are not. DMCA Safe Harbor provisions specifically make them not liable for content posted by others until it is brought to their attention by a rights holder or some regulatory agency.

here’s the thing about that: it takes going to court to argue that and hoping you get a favorable ruling.

and that’s very, very expensive and you could be shut down via injunction until that happens, which could take years.

and even if the lemmy.world admin could afford hundred of thousands or millions in legal fees to win a case against the RIAA and/or MPAA, why would they want to risk it?

They are not. They are hosted by a German company, with servers in Finland. By a Dutch dude.