• gowanEnglish
    46·
    9 months ago

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    • deleted @sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      33·
      10 months ago

      Unless the users themselves are directly posting links to the content and hosting it (the pirated content) on lemmy, no instance would be held liable. Anyone defending this has no idea what the fuck they are talking about.

      • Leraje@lemmy.worldEnglish
        29·
        10 months ago

        That’s a bit naive, knowing what we know about the sharks that run the large media corporations. For your average instance owner, it’s not a question of being found not liable, it’s the fact that you as an ordinary guy with an ordinary life and an ordinary income suddenly have to defend yourself legally with all the exposure and expense that entails, from day one.

        • deleted @sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          14·
          10 months ago

          You mean the cases that are almost always thrown out in court? You mean the cases where said sharks have to pay the defendant?

          • gowanEnglish
            27·
            9 months ago

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          • Leraje@lemmy.worldEnglish
            23·
            10 months ago

            I don’t know about you but engaging a lawyer and going to court to defend myself would be a massive financial drain. And to risk that on simply the hope that a court might find in my favour is far too big of a risk. Then add on all the unwanted public exposure, the internet notoriety etc. Fuck that.

    • Whirlybird@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Are google liable for literally giving search results to people with step by step guides to pirating?

      Are Amazon liable for all the people using their VMs as seed boxes?

      It’s about the fear that you might be liable because you don’t know. If they were actually liable you wouldn’t find any discussion on piracy or anything else illegal on the internet.

        • Whirlybird@aussie.zoneEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Google exists to help you find what you want. Piracy is one of those things that it helps you find how to do.

          The community exists to talk about piracy, not to explicitly tell you how to do it.