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On lemmy.world it is dead, you need to pop over to DB0 or ml.
The world admins have the stance that they don't want to host or directly link to piracy content because of the legal trouble it may bring as it's hosted in the Netherlands and the piracy rules are different here.
I had no idea, I heard they banned and then unbanned some piracy communities but that was it and it was a couple years ago. thanks for the context.
After it got banned the first time it got unbanned after the drama with the promise of more transparency and communication from the LW team. Then some months later someone allegedly uninformed (was that a new admin or smth?) banned it again without transparency and communication causing another drama but this time they sticked with the ban for good. At least that's how I remember it going. If you dig into the old posts you will get a more accurate timeline.
NL the world capital of usenet? That NL?
That NL, we also have quite a few banned domains here. Basically copyright organisations like Brein will sue everyone they can get away with. Unfortunately they have been succesfull on multiple occasions, mostly because the other party won't show up in court and they win by default. Another thing they do is sue one of the large ISP's for facilitating copyright infringement to get them to block sites like torrent sites. If the judge rules in their favor, then all Dutch ISP's have to abide by the ruling.
How do you dont have rights when you dont show up?
If you don't show up to defend yourself in court, then the other side gets to tell their story, and the judge has no choice but to find for them, since the defendant didn't defend themselves.
No choice absolutely or in a practical sense?
No, that's reality, it's called a "Default Judgement." If one party doesn't show up in court, the other side automatically wins.
I guess the same way as with the Anna's archive vs Spotify case in the US last week?
This is news to me so thanks for the heads up.
I'm awaiting my db0 approval now.
You don't need to be registered there. Just at one that's federated with it.
yaarrrr matey! i did the same when I learned of .worlds nonsense on this
i don't even really interact with the piracy comm but who tf do you think you are blocking my access to it? i wanna say they have no right but they do so that's why I took my ball and went to play with the anarchists :)
read bread book
Good torrent for Petr Kropotkin's "the conquest of bread"?
That honestly was my favorite thing to do. Torrent and seed public domain and foss things like books and isos. It led to a couple false cease and dissets which was really funny telling them they were wrong.
I'm not sure about a torrent but that link is to it hosted in plaintext with a bunch of download options on https://theanarchistlibrary.org/
that's really funny though, id imagine it's a delicious satisfaction telling an ISP (or whoever else?) to respectfully shove it
I thought NL had great laws and that is why basically every seedbox provider is based there.
Sup