▲ 175 ▼ Pirates Rejoice! Meta/Facebook Condones Piracy if Seeding Can't be Proven. (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 year ago by recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/18686776 Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding
[–] Noughtmare@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago (1 child) 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/ permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) So Facebook has to be sued in the Netherlands for it to succeed 👌 If somebody goes through with it, that would be a great popcorn moment. Anti Commercial-AI license permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Noughtmare@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago Or anywhere in the EU. And I don't think the USA is more lenient on piracy. But perhaps they are if a big company is the one doing it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) So Facebook has to be sued in the Netherlands for it to succeed 👌 If somebody goes through with it, that would be a great popcorn moment. Anti Commercial-AI license permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Noughtmare@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago Or anywhere in the EU. And I don't think the USA is more lenient on piracy. But perhaps they are if a big company is the one doing it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Noughtmare@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago Or anywhere in the EU. And I don't think the USA is more lenient on piracy. But perhaps they are if a big company is the one doing it. permalink fedilink source parent