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What happened to the main Piracy community
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this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023
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Huh? The Piracy community on dbzer0 is still up, just checked.
People on LW can't see it anymore apparently
Another reason to create an account on a smaller instance rather than .world
And this one is going to actually have an impact
Good thing I moved to a different instance.
Which one did you choose?
You can actually see my instance by looking at my username.
There are many instances out there, you could use something like fedidb to decide on which one you want to join.
lol
Do you happen to know why?
Admins decision, probably illegal in their jusridiction
Please link me to it because its no longer in my subscriptions and I can't find it in a search at all.
!piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
It's blocked from lemmy.world. I'd recommend using LASIM and migrating to another instance like https://lemm.ee/ (note: you will need to manually resubscribe to !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com on your new account, since LASIM won't be able to see it).
Btw, that user has also requested deletion of !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com on lemm.ee and it is in consideration. If this is the reason for your switch, I'd wait for their action.
That user has actually not been in contact with any of our admins, I'm not sure why they are claiming otherwise.
In any case, I shared my position on piracy on lemm.ee a few months ago, and it has not changed. TL;DR discussions about piracy are fine, but explicitly facilitating piracy on lemm.ee is not allowed, and if any such content is reported on lemm.ee then I will most likely err on the side of removing it. Having said that, I am not planning to defederate lemmy.dbzer0.com at this point, as they have not been causing any issues for lemm.ee (but, of course, I do reserve the right to re-evaluate federation with any instance if at any point they start causing problems for lemm.ee).
Quoting my original comment about piracy on lemm.ee, just for full context:
Thanks for the reply and stating your position. I'd understand deletion if you were served a legal notice for a post/comments.
Honestly, just make an account on lemmy.dbzer0.com. Can't lose access to it then.
Fair. Personally I'm just sh.itjust.works as my alt instance.
I love shit just works but the Dude has to cover his ass legally and he may be forced to do something similar if Canadian law is also bootlicking the record companies.
Where can we learn more about that user or their request?
You can browse to it via !support@lemmy.world or see the post directly https://lemmy.world/post/3175920
EDIT: Lemmy.world seems to be down right this second so you may not be able to load it, LOL.
He claimed he DMed the admins. I can't see any public post about it.
I forgot the link but it's in one of my old comments in this very thread.
Didn't know boomers pirated stuff
Then you clearly haven't been paying attention
Legit. Piracy related to home PC software has been around since the advent of home PCs. Before the concept of LANfests or LAN parties even existed, there were copy parties. I still have vivid memories of 8+ 1541 drives daisy-chained to a single C64. University servers hosting warez... Usenet... there's likely earlier examples I'm not aware of.
Before that, people were hacking phone systems in order to call long distance for free. This ain't nothin new.
Not something I've indulged in for 30+ years, though. I pay for everything, now. Guilty conscience, I suppose. 😁