DudePlutoAug 14, 2023

PSA: the largest piracy community is blocked from lemmy.world

https://lemmy.world/post/3193108

lemmy.world blocked the largest piracy community - Lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/2881638 [https://sh.itjust.works/post/2881638] > The largest piracy community is hosted over at [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] > > lemmy.world has blocked it. It appears to have also blocked [email protected] [/c/[email protected]]. > > If this is a problem for you, I’d suggest migrating accounts using LASIM [https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim/releases] to an instance that doesn’t block it (such as lemm.ee [https://lemm.ee/signup]). > > edit: > > An official announcement has been made: > > > [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/209c5f83-f6a7-40a8-b1b3-ffaab9b6b5c3.webp]

Show threaddinguscodAug 15, 2023
I love all the salty comments about having to move. Its piracy, it will always be removed if it becomes too popular. This is how it has always been and always will be. No one is obligated to feed you free shit without any effort on your part. They take one place down and you move on. Either get used to it or start paying for services.
Show threaddingus

Why does no one understand that the admins don’t want the instance to be shut down and they don’t want to be arrested???

I am very pro-piracy, but I would never host a piracy community because I don’t want to be freaking jailed. Governments view those that host piracy and piracy communities much more harshly than random participants.

Is everyone on this website 12 years old and not understanding of real world consequences???

Aug 15, 2023 at 1:06pmWeb
Show threadProfessorProteusAug 15, 2023
Fucking amen. It sucks but it’s a fact of life. LW is covering their asses like any of us would
Show threadSRoAug 15, 2023
They just should shut down their instance if they can’t run it without defederation excessively, blocking communities and even using a word filter.
Show threadr1veRRRAug 15, 2023
Because from everything I’ve seen, those communities did not do ANYTHING illegal. They talked about software that can be used that way, but if we go by that measure, discussing any Fediverse software is illegal, because you could use that to host illegal content.
Show threaddingusAug 16, 2023

No, they haven’t done anything illegal yet. But the key word is “yet” and the admins obviously don’t want to risk it.

If it was your ass on the line for potential prison time, I’m sure you’d have a different opinion.

Show threadReliant1087Aug 16, 2023
Why stop there, why not defedrate from all NSFW communities because they could post questionable content in the future?
Show threaddingusAug 16, 2023
Well I thoguht they already have with the porn instances that actively center around and post things like loli, no??
Show threadReliant1087Aug 17, 2023
They have from some instances with questionable content but not many others without questionable content. The question is do you persecute someone because you think you would be badly affected if they commit a crime in the future, even though they haven’t so far and doesn’t seem to be on the path to either?
Show threaddingusAug 17, 2023
Piracy is a crime. Piracy communities constantly tow the line of legality and have a tendency to attract legal attention even if they are trying to not host content themselves.
Show threadr1veRRRAug 16, 2023

But that’s true of literally every single community. Posting copyrighted images in a pics community, copyrighted music in a little video/gif, a nazi denying the holocaust (illegal in Germany) in one little comment a hundred comments in…

Who do you think is more likely to overstep? A community very well aware of the risks and the scrutiny they are under, full of people that are themselves aware of the risks, or some rando on some random community?

Obviously, they are allowed to ban or not ban whatever they want, but I just think it’s a very short sighted, quickfire decision.