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lemmy.world blocked the largest piracy community in all of lemmy (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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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:

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[+] 68 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    People are missing the fundamental point of defederation. THIS IS A GOOD THING.

    You can have an absolutely squeaky clean instance for memes, news and generally huge sharing communities. Instances that dont have to worry about DCMA notices or having their servers seized and you can have instances that are willing to run those risks for niche content. If legal threats start being thrown around, the meme and hobby communities dont suffer. The piracy instances can shut down, migrate and start again, making the lawyers play whackamole.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    coerce police into taking into custody entire servers

    Name instances where this has happened, other than on entire websites dedicated to piracy. And overzealous hosting providers who shut down entire servers over a single DMCA (especially when the site doesn't appear to host any content) should be avoided.

    But I agree that it's his own instance and he should do what he wants with it; that'd be the beauty of federation.

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  • [+] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    n total, 10 search warrants were issued and 14 people detained or accused of IP crimes, including four who were arrested in Spain. According to Europol, the prime suspect in this case had been earning €150,000 per month and lived in a luxury villa, drove expensive cars and took luxury holidays all over the world.

    really coerced them through legal proceedings, damn.

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