satxdudeMar 19, 2024

Lemmy.world seems to have banned the largest piracy community on Lemmy.

https://lemm.ee/post/27249633

Lemmy.world seems to have banned the largest piracy community on Lemmy. - lemm.ee

This has happened once before and they reversed it. But they said this last time too: > The discussions that have happened in various threads on Lemmy make it very clear that removing the communites before we announced our intent to remove them is not the level of transparency the community expects, and that as stewards of this community we need to be extremely transparent before we do this again in the future as well as make sure that we get feedback around what the planned changes are, because lemmy.world is yours as much as it is ours. https://lemmy.world/post/3234363 [https://lemmy.world/post/3234363]

Show threadtaladarMar 19, 2024
Seems quite reasonable to remove illegal communities given how Lemmy works with the caching of all content locally. There is just a significant legal risk for the instance operators involved here.
Show threadcalm.like.a.bombMar 19, 2024
Piracy is not breaking the law. Fuck capitalism!
Show threadAdam
If buying isn’t owning then piracy isn’t stealing.
Mar 19, 2024 at 1:12pmWeb
Show threadjust another devMar 19, 2024

Oooh, if we’re oversimplifying things, I got another one:

If you truly think ip law can be explained in a single sentence, you’re an idiot.

Show threadAmerikan PharaohMar 19, 2024
Spoken like someone who can’t tell IP law is one of the main mechanics by which the white supremacist “rules-based world order” maintains its strangulatory, thieving grip on the world.
Show threadjust another devMar 19, 2024

Me: ip law is complicated.

You: you’re wrong, it’s used for (even more things).

Show threadAmerikan PharaohMar 19, 2024
No, my point is it is not worth regarding because it is an unjust ‘legal’ mechanic. That which is unjust demands breaching.
Show threadjust another devMar 19, 2024
Glad to have amused you then. Hope you won’t take it too seriously, I certainly won’t.
Show threadAmerikan PharaohMar 19, 2024
A more reddit string of meaningless blather couldn’t possibly be conceived.
Show threadjust another devMar 19, 2024
Thanks, couldn’t have done it without you ;)
Show threadBraveSirZaphodMar 19, 2024
The funny thing about Lemmygrad people is that you could tell me that this comment was an intentional caricature and it'd seem just as likely as it being genuine.
Show threadAmerikan PharaohMar 19, 2024
And the funny thing about kbin people is you strut around like you’re some kind of enlightened Top Mind apart from the rest of the nazi bars and radlib echo chambers ActivityPub graciously lets you use their backending for when you’re really no different
Show threadnixMar 19, 2024
That saying isn’t trying to explain all of IP law. It’s referring to products where there is no way to buy a copy you have permanent possession of. There’s a reason you don’t see the same fervor around pirating books.