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All the piracy subs I can find are dead, quiet, or too niche. I'd love to be part of an effort to bring reliable and maintained information about how to safely pirate to lemmy. It's actually one of the most frustrating things about switching from reddit. Are we puritanical here or something? If we had active piracy scenes I pretty much wouldn't have to be on reddit at all anymore.

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 162 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

On lemmy.world it is dead, you need to pop over to DB0 or ml.

The world admins have the stance that they don't want to host or directly link to piracy content because of the legal trouble it may bring as it's hosted in the Netherlands and the piracy rules are different here.

[–] peacefulpixel@lemmy.world 43 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I had no idea, I heard they banned and then unbanned some piracy communities but that was it and it was a couple years ago. thanks for the context.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 3 weeks ago

After it got banned the first time it got unbanned after the drama with the promise of more transparency and communication from the LW team. Then some months later someone allegedly uninformed (was that a new admin or smth?) banned it again without transparency and communication causong another drama but this time they sticked with the ban for good. At least that's how I remember it going. If you dig into the old post you will get a more accurate timeline.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

NL the world capital of usenet? That NL?

[–] zout@fedia.io 23 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

That NL, we also have quite a few banned domains here. Basically copyright organisations like Brein will sue everyone they can get away with. Unfortunately they have been succesfull on multiple occasions, mostly because the other party won't show up in court and they win by default. Another thing they do is sue one of the large ISP's for facilitating copyright infringement to get them to block sites like torrent sites. If the judge rules in their favor, then all Dutch ISP's have to abide by the ruling.

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[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

This is news to me so thanks for the heads up.

I'm awaiting my db0 approval now.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

You don't need to be registered there. Just at one that's federated with it.

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[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

your instance blocks piracy related communities. here in dbzero there is a very active piracy scene, it's just defederated.

[–] classic@fedia.io 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

dbzero is defederated from or by lemmy.world?

[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 3 weeks ago

lemmyworld defederates the dbzero privacy community. only that community though i think

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Considering you posted on lemmy.world and the reply came from dbzero, it's likely banned by lemmyworld. It's your instance choosing not to federate with dbzero, but dbzero users can still see and engage with world posts.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

World only defederated from the piracy communities, not the whole instance.

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[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Come over to db0! We are huge stans of piracy \o/

[–] Arcadeep@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Yeah, but the pro genAI stances kinda turns me away

[–] rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Yeah, I hate that too, but db0 still works for me in literally every other facet.

But the pro gen-AI stance is really at odds with the otherwise anarchist-ish outlook of db0: replacing individual human creativity with something that by its very nature requires large corporations to even run, or just a TON of personal capital to run yourself.

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[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago

The beauty of this platform is you can be a part of one thing but not the other

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

That why you sign up at an instance that's not LW or db0 👍

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[–] qaz@lemmy.world 49 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Piracy related communities are blocked on lemmy.world

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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

TIL .world blocks more communities than I though.

I mean, I don't agree with everything dbzer0 (the instance) stands for, but it stands for freedom of speech and I'm with that.

It sounds like you want an account on dbzer0. You don't need to give up your .world account or leave .world; the nice thing about federation is you can actually be on multiple instances. It's kind of pointless in a way, but if your instance does something you don't like, you can still federate through another instance. dbzer0 is my main/home instance (I have one other because I was PieFed-curious), but for .world and other bigger instance users, it's a good side instance to keep an account with.

Another instance of all of this is that most instances defederate from the NSFW instance, so if you make an account there, your access to NSFW content is ensured. (Most defederate them for a good reason. I've never seen them post straight up CSAM, but they post stuff that blurs the lines. I think (and want to believe) they're on the legal side, but I believe the confusion and questionable nature is intentional. Which is why some instances have defederated them, in case they cross that line (or maybe they have before).

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

dbzer0 doesn’t stand for Freedom of speech in the slightest. Look up the drama on why they defederated from feddit.org

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sorry for my ignorance, but how does one best research lemmy lore? IME search isn't lemmy's best feature.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Start a community named !fediversedrama on actual free speech instance like sh.itjust.works or one of the piefed instances, shitpost until you attract drama.

Might be a good question for !asklemmy@lemmy.world. However lemmy.world is pretty restrictive, so your post might be locked or deleted.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Without exception, whenever someone complains about "freedom of speech", XKCD 1357 applies.

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[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Anyone could open a vote a refederate.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lemmy.world blocks and bans all piracy content. Leave the instance if you need it.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

You don't even have to leave, you can just make another account. But you can leave if you don't agree with their policies.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Lemmy.world tries really hard to follow the law. That means cracking down on illegal content. So yes, we are puritanical here.

At the very bottom is a menu with an entry called "Instances". Click that to see lists of linked and blocked instances.

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[–] MrNobody@quokk.au 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because you’re on a shit instance with terrible administration.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Aww, come now. I think Lemmy.world for sure has its place in the fediverse. It’s the first instance I would refer a normie to. Because they block a lot of shit. And they have a great domain name, easy to remember and tell someone about. Then someone like OP can post a question like this, and we can direct them to an instance that better suits their needs. That’s the beauty of the fediverse.

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[–] Duckling5746@lemmy.today 7 points 3 weeks ago

Come to lemmy.today. everything is unblocked (probably)

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