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recursive_recursion they/them to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 5 months ago

Pirates Rejoice! Meta/Facebook Condones Piracy if Seeding Can't be Proven.

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Pirates Rejoice! Meta/Facebook Condones Piracy if Seeding Can't be Proven.

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recursive_recursion they/them to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 5 months ago
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Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding
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Meta’s copyright defense may hinge on court ignorance of torrenting terminology.

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Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding

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  • recursive_recursion they/themOP
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    I’m half meming with the title but at the same time Meta publicly claiming that pirating books isn’t illegal if there’s no proof of seeding seems real ridiculous

    Zuck continues to display true idiocy at work:

    • rules for thee but not for capitalists
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      On the other hand, making new precedent?

      • @merthyr1831@lemmy.ml
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        Is it that new? For the most part, the only people getting targeted with more than stern letters from their ISPs nowadays are members of cracking/release groups, or hosts of trackers themselves.

        Im sorta worried if they do get punished for it, because if anything that’ll make the precedent to punish torrenters over the current precedent of targeting original uploaders.

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      Well. That statement isn’t completely wrong. If there is no evidence and can’t be proven

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    That’s is how things used to work here in the Netherlands, until the EU forced us to change our laws in 2014:

    https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/aci-adam-bv-and-others-v-stichting-de-thuiskopie-stichting-onderhandelingen-thuiskopie-vergoeding/

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    I’m actually cool with this.

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