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[-] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 77 points 3 months ago

Meta also allegedly modified settings "so that the smallest amount of seeding possible could occur," a Meta executive in charge of project management, Michael Clark, said in a deposition.

Douchebags.

[-] heavy@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 months ago

Lol why do they have to do things in the most cartoonishly evil way?

[-] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago
[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 3 months ago

So, the minimally illegal way to stiff the people sharing with them. They continue to innovate in the age-old field of bastardry.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

Depends on country. In Russia only being first seeder is illegal. New peers fall under "technical limitations" clause.

[-] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

Wow Russia has more sensible Copyright legislation than most of Europe?

Rare Russian W

[-] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

After doing terrible crap for so long without much, if any, punishment leads to brazen and absurd tactics...

Soon I expect something akin to them running their own marketplace scams or similar fraud just because it's so profitable vs expense/penalty.

As you say, it's like a bad caricature of the stereotype.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 months ago

I think it's because in the US downloading and owning is by far not as risky as sharing is.
They get out of liability like that.

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