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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:

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.

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[โ€“] foggy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What assumptions do you disagree with?

[โ€“] foggy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The one where artists create art for financial gain.

That's fucking hilarious. I don't know how uncreative and unartistic you must be to hold such a view, but... "The starving artist" isn't on a hunger strike. They're dirt poor.

This key ideological crux of your argument leads me to believe you are so disconnected from creating art that I cannot bother myself to engage in a discussion with you about the nuances of intellectual property and if it even should exist at all. You're just blowing hot air around, and I'm not here for it. Neither is anyone else, it seems. So, cheers. I'm sure you'll say something, and I'm sure it will further illustrate your disconnection to this argument, so I probably won't respond.

[โ€“] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Way to blow off an opinion your disagree with by making incorrect assumptions. I actually grew up around artists and musicians and am close friends now with a cartoon illustrator and a professional musician.

So now do you want to tell me why my opinion is wrong?

[โ€“] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

lol ok

Your opinion is very, very wrong.

[โ€“] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How can I argue with such a well articulate position?