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Trouble with Law (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Okay, let's go: I got a blog that archives stuff related to an anime/franchise. And I usually archive the stuff on a MEGA folder. Do any of these on a MEGA folder will get me on trouble with law?:

1- The anime's episodes (they're a lost media on the dub I archive em); 2- The mangas/books translated by me; 3- The game's ads;

I used to put game ROMs on it, but after a old post on the Emulation community, I started to only send in the Archive.org links.

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You're distributing copyrighted material so the short answer is "Yes", but the longer answer is "Probably, but it really depends on a lot of factors that you haven't disclosed, like your location. It could certainly get you in trouble with MEGA regardless; whether it will get you in trouble with the law comes in large part down to the laws governing wherever you live."

The chances of anything coming of it are another matter entirely and you may consider it worth the risk if you feel that chance is low enough.

[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Hm, I've seen Ham-Ham Paradise do it and they didn't get trouble with law.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Plenty of sites break copyright law and don't get struck, but if you ask how to do it safely, or how to do it legally, you're going to get told how to play it safe.

[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

So here I am.