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Lemmy.world seems to have banned the largest piracy community on Lemmy. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 6 months ago by satxdude@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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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

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[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 48 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy.world sucks donkey balls and this isn't the only example.

[–] thoro@lemmy.ml 31 points 6 months ago

Reddit 2.0. Always has been.

[–] Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 27 points 6 months ago

Considering how powerful is the copyright mafia (Remember that the pirate bay founder got jail-time) I totally understand why the people running the instance are doing so. I get why user are pissed off, but they're free to host their own instance and deal by themselves with the legal liability

[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can see why they would do this if their servers are in the US, Japan, Germany or another country with insane copyright laws. If not this move is stupid, almost as stupid as hosting your server in one of those countries.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Neither the server or community host copyrighted content. You can't even directly link to sources for it either per the community and server rules. All the community does is discuss piracy which isn't illegal

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 6 months ago

True, but let's not forget that Lemmy instances are hosted by ordinary people without the finances to employ high price legal teams. If they receive a threatening letter from (for example) Sony or Disney they still have to either acquiesce or find a lot of money very quickly to simply argue their case.

[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

In the US you can apparently sue software companies that make software sometimes used for piracy so it apparently doesn't even need to be illegal there for people to shut it down if they are rich enough.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy.world continues to prove that their biggest utility is in attracting the bulk of the Reddit Crowd so that other, more specialized communities aren't overwhelmed, and the older worlders can then join a better community for the long-run.

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

...attracting the bulk of the Reddit Crowd...

But r/piracy is still an thing. Crazy.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

And it's a shell of it's former self. A lot of the serious members switched to c/piracy, db0 being the prime example

[–] Catfish@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 6 months ago

Another lemmy.world L, don't know why anyone bothers with that shitshow.

[–] gianni@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy.world is designed for people who want another Reddit. Interacting with their users & communities tells you all you need to know. I'd be a fan of defederating, tbh

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[–] solarvector@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Piracy@lemmy.dbzer0

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/16742571

[–] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Thanks for pointing it out. Time to stop using my Lemmy world account. Bye-bye

Edit: or more likely just make another account and main it.

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Again?

[–] AMillionNames@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Interesting. This and other actions seem to hint that they got themselves into the crosshairs of legal law enforcement. You reap what you sow. I suggest that people don't ignore potential issues with an instance, because it does spill over in unexpected ways. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FFdbbcj4Ao

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