▲ 1863 ▼ lemmy.world blocked the largest piracy community in all of lemmy (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 2 years ago* by DudePluto@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 687 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/2881638 The largest piracy community is hosted over at !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com lemmy.world has blocked it. It appears to have also blocked !piracy@lemmy.ml. If this is a problem for you, I'd suggest migrating accounts using LASIM to an instance that doesn't block it (such as lemm.ee). edit: An official announcement has been made:
[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 128 points 2 years ago (3 children) Wtf dbzero was a huge proponent of the fediverse and has been a part of the recent swell in users. I don’t agree with this decision at all permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] cerevant@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago (1 child) Remember that lemmy.world has to keep a copy of whatever content appears in a federated community on their servers, making them legally liable for the content. At least they just blocked the community instead of defederating. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Leroy@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children) At least they just blocked the community instead of defederating Would you mind explaining the difference? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago Blocking the community just blocks those specific communities. Defederating would be blocking everything on lemmy.dbzer0.com. permalink fedilink source parent [–] potat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago Basically they blocked the communities but not the instances they were hosted on, so people on lemmy.world can still interact with posts and comments made by people like me permalink fedilink source parent [–] cerevant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Defederating cuts off the whole instance. They just blocked those three piracy communities as far as I understand. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I mean if you support illegally hosted material you can be forced to take down your website. As much as it sucks, piracy is illegal. Anyways, they haven't defederated, just blocked that community. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 years ago In many jurisdictions what they're doing there isn't illegal at all. It is well understood that you do not post links out in the open. Downloading isn't illegal, sharing is. At least outside of the US (and a few others) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Only here because of my instance. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cerevant@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago (1 child) Remember that lemmy.world has to keep a copy of whatever content appears in a federated community on their servers, making them legally liable for the content. At least they just blocked the community instead of defederating. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Leroy@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children) At least they just blocked the community instead of defederating Would you mind explaining the difference? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago Blocking the community just blocks those specific communities. Defederating would be blocking everything on lemmy.dbzer0.com. permalink fedilink source parent [–] potat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago Basically they blocked the communities but not the instances they were hosted on, so people on lemmy.world can still interact with posts and comments made by people like me permalink fedilink source parent [–] cerevant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Defederating cuts off the whole instance. They just blocked those three piracy communities as far as I understand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Leroy@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children) At least they just blocked the community instead of defederating Would you mind explaining the difference? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago Blocking the community just blocks those specific communities. Defederating would be blocking everything on lemmy.dbzer0.com. permalink fedilink source parent [–] potat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago Basically they blocked the communities but not the instances they were hosted on, so people on lemmy.world can still interact with posts and comments made by people like me permalink fedilink source parent [–] cerevant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Defederating cuts off the whole instance. They just blocked those three piracy communities as far as I understand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago Blocking the community just blocks those specific communities. Defederating would be blocking everything on lemmy.dbzer0.com. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] potat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago Basically they blocked the communities but not the instances they were hosted on, so people on lemmy.world can still interact with posts and comments made by people like me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cerevant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Defederating cuts off the whole instance. They just blocked those three piracy communities as far as I understand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I mean if you support illegally hosted material you can be forced to take down your website. As much as it sucks, piracy is illegal. Anyways, they haven't defederated, just blocked that community. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 years ago In many jurisdictions what they're doing there isn't illegal at all. It is well understood that you do not post links out in the open. Downloading isn't illegal, sharing is. At least outside of the US (and a few others) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 years ago In many jurisdictions what they're doing there isn't illegal at all. It is well understood that you do not post links out in the open. Downloading isn't illegal, sharing is. At least outside of the US (and a few others) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Only here because of my instance. permalink fedilink source parent
