recursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.ca to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months agoPirates Rejoice! Meta/Facebook Condones Piracy if Seeding Can't be Proven.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldpiracy@zerobytes.monsterhackernews@lemmit.onlinepiracy@lemmit.onlinelegalnews@lemmy.zippulse_of_truth@infosec.pubmeta@lemdro.id
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkPirates Rejoice! Meta/Facebook Condones Piracy if Seeding Can't be Proven.arstechnica.comrecursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.ca to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldpiracy@zerobytes.monsterhackernews@lemmit.onlinepiracy@lemmit.onlinelegalnews@lemmy.zippulse_of_truth@infosec.pubmeta@lemdro.id
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/18686776 Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding
minus-squareNoughtmare@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoThat’s is how things used to work here in the Netherlands, until the EU forced us to change our laws in 2014: https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/aci-adam-bv-and-others-v-stichting-de-thuiskopie-stichting-onderhandelingen-thuiskopie-vergoeding/
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoSo Facebook has to be sued in the Netherlands for it to succeed 👌 If somebody goes through with it, that would be a great popcorn moment. Anti Commercial-AI license
minus-squareNoughtmare@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOr anywhere in the EU. And I don’t think the USA is more lenient on piracy. But perhaps they are if a big company is the one doing it.
That’s is how things used to work here in the Netherlands, until the EU forced us to change our laws in 2014:
https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/aci-adam-bv-and-others-v-stichting-de-thuiskopie-stichting-onderhandelingen-thuiskopie-vergoeding/
So Facebook has to be sued in the Netherlands for it to succeed 👌 If somebody goes through with it, that would be a great popcorn moment.
Anti Commercial-AI license
Or anywhere in the EU. And I don’t think the USA is more lenient on piracy. But perhaps they are if a big company is the one doing it.