Removal of piracy communities - Lemmy.world
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Earlier, after review, we blocked and removed several communities that were providing assistance to access copyrighted/pirated material, which is currently not allowed per Rule #1 of our Code of Conduct. The communities that were removed due to this decision were: - !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com [/c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com] - !piracy@lemmy.ml [/c/piracy@lemmy.ml] - !steamdeckpirates@lemmy.dbzer0.com [/c/steamdeckpirates@lemmy.dbzer0.com] We took this action to protect lemmy.world, lemmy.world’s users, and lemmy.world staff as the material posted in those communities could be problematic for us, because of potential legal issues around copyrighted material and services that provide access to or assistance in obtaining it. This decision is about liability and does not mean we are otherwise hostile to any of these communities or their users. As the Lemmyverse grows and instances get big, precautions may happen. We will keep monitoring the situation closely, and if in the future we deem it safe, we would gladly reallow these communities. The discussions that have happened in various threads on Lemmy make it very clear that removing the communites before we announced our intent to remove them is not the level of transparency the community expects, and that as stewards of this community we need to be extremely transparent before we do this again in the future as well as make sure that we get feedback around what the planned changes are, because lemmy.world is yours as much as it is ours.
  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
    23·
    11 months ago

    One of the L.W admins has said that it could be a temporary measure and they are just seeking advice about their legal exposure. They’re also going to speak to one of the admins over here. So it might just resolve itself.

    • Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      14·
      11 months ago

      I already made an account here, I honestly can’t count on lemmy.world to not defederate or block random communities. Even if they take back that decision I still don’t have as much trust in them as I once did.

      • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        The nature of federation and defederation makes it sensible to have a few accounts, to get around defederating and as general backup in case your home instance goes down. I imagine some apps will allow you to combine feeds from different accounts and this issue will be smoothed over.

        • Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          I think the liftoff app already has a feature like this, it’s been a bit buggy for me though, but that might just be because of lemmy.world’s uptime issues due to the ongoing attacks and maybe it would work better if I didn’t have a login for lemmy.world on the app.