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Removal of piracy communities (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lwadmin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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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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[-] aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago

grabs popcorn

me, a lemmy.dbzer0.com native

[-] Tag365@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Why is this not called "copyright infringement" anymore again? Where did the sea pirate association start?

[-] TGhost@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

Thats why you all should chose an another instance.

[-] 22dobbeltskudhul@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

How the fuck do i change instance on Sync?

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[-] DosCommas@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Well it didn't take long for censorship to roll in.

[-] void_wanderer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This has absolutely nothing to do with censorship.

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[-] Budsofstone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

All the people saying just change instances, I would and will but this being the biggest instance and calling itself the front-page of Lemmy. This sets a precedent for banning things capitalism doesn't support with out even talking to your user base. And I disapprove.

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[-] vixven_random@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the links. I didn't know about these great communities (mostly because I didn't look ;) )