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Oh no! Users are complaining and downvoting. They just need to get inline and do what they're told. Okay for real, you people are worst type of people. Lemmy users are just showing their disapproval of the action. They have the right to do.
Do those communities house copyright content? The answer is no. Having discussions, giving guides & tips are are legal. So I don't see the problem. If someone going to get sued for it. It will be dbzer0.com and lemmy.ml due to said communities being part of the instances not LW.
Don't instances cache the content from federated instances? I can still view content from vlemmy.net from other instances, even though it's been permanently shut down.
From the OP:
Reddit has gotten into legal trouble numerous times regarding r/piracy, despite it not hosting any copyrighted material either.
Why is anyone complaining about instances not taking the same legal risks as a massive corporation? Just use another instance that fits your needs.
Would be great if they actually tried to understand the underlying issue instead of resorting to knee-jerk reactions.
Encouraging illegal activity is illegal, piracy is illegal. Therefore encouraging piracy is illegal. The end.
The law is: "take down pirated content as soon as your aware of it and proactively prevent it being shared on your platform and you can't be held liable if it is on your site."
Lemmy.world's first rule is no illegal stuff including sharing copyright material without permission. I'm so sick of seeing people acting like the sky is falling because lemmy.world isn't directly facilitating piracy.