joeAug 15, 2023

I have just as much info as you do (very little haha) but I am under the impression the server is in Germany. I don’t think lemmy.world has any direct connection to the US.Please note that “think” is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

The issue is that if (more heavy lifting) these communities were banned without actual evidence of rulebreaking (and it seems that way) then the same argument could be used to ban a lot of communities. Any community based around copyrighted material has the plausible potential to contain links to copyright infringing media. Should they all be banned for that risk?

Show threadLerajeAug 15, 2023

I don’t know for sure the server is in the US, but the company providing the server certainly have servers in the US (as well as Germany and I think Finland). The server’s behind cloudflare so it’s difficult to know for sure the exact geographical location.

I’m not suggesting that any rule breaking occurred on any of the blocked communities, I’m simply saying that I think it’s very wise for someone without recourse to a high priced legal team and the backing of a mutibillion dollar company to err on the side of caution first. I’m not an Admin of a Lemmy instance so I can’t say what’s right. All I know is, if I was in a similar position I’d do the same thing until I knew for a fact no huge multinational media org could turn me into toast.

Show threadjoe
but like I said, the risk isn’t gone. Any community linked to media (tv shows, movies, games, books, etc) has a plausible risk of copyright infringing links. Should they preemptively ban them all? If not, why not?
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Show threadLerajeAug 15, 2023
I can’t answer for them so I can’t really answer that. All I can do is say that if it were me and I was unsure of the legal situation I would do the same as they’ve done until I was sure of the legal situation.