They’re trying to avoid law enforcement and lawyers at their doors.
Even if you prevail, either can be a very expensive and/or destructive process.
Make no mistake, Reddit’s recent refusal to provide details surrounding users that were discussing piracy is highly unlikely to happen in the fediverse. Admins are going to get hit with a subpoena and comply because they can’t afford not to.
They don’t want to be arrested lmao. I am pro-piracy, but I would never want to host pirated content from my own servers. You can absolutely be jailed for that.
I don’t think they’ve even customised their Lemmy codebase at all, let alone have an ad programme set up.
Moderation sucks, especially in communities where it’s hard to decide what is and isn’t over the line. No moderation isn’t an option, and there are as many opinions about what should or shouldn’t be removed as there are people on this earth. The easiest way to avoid problems and toxic drama is to removing you and your moderators from areas of discussion that you know are going to cause headaches down the line.
It’s a matter of time before Lemmy servers across the world are going to get hit with DMCA claims for piracy related communities. Maybe they’ve received one already. I’m not going to fight it on my private instance, and honestly, I don’t think all but the most daredevil (or foolhardy) servers are going to bother with gathering the necessary legal aid and fees when that day comes.
I don’t really get it though, it’s not like they’re trying to court advertisers.
Or are they?
They’re trying to avoid law enforcement and lawyers at their doors.
Even if you prevail, either can be a very expensive and/or destructive process.
Make no mistake, Reddit’s recent refusal to provide details surrounding users that were discussing piracy is highly unlikely to happen in the fediverse. Admins are going to get hit with a subpoena and comply because they can’t afford not to.
They don’t want to be arrested lmao. I am pro-piracy, but I would never want to host pirated content from my own servers. You can absolutely be jailed for that.
I don’t think they’ve even customised their Lemmy codebase at all, let alone have an ad programme set up.
Moderation sucks, especially in communities where it’s hard to decide what is and isn’t over the line. No moderation isn’t an option, and there are as many opinions about what should or shouldn’t be removed as there are people on this earth. The easiest way to avoid problems and toxic drama is to removing you and your moderators from areas of discussion that you know are going to cause headaches down the line.
It’s a matter of time before Lemmy servers across the world are going to get hit with DMCA claims for piracy related communities. Maybe they’ve received one already. I’m not going to fight it on my private instance, and honestly, I don’t think all but the most daredevil (or foolhardy) servers are going to bother with gathering the necessary legal aid and fees when that day comes.