The original /r/piracy was purposefully gimped because Reddit received DMCAs for any random thing and didn’t even bother to follow up. Since we’re in new waters, I want things to be a bit more relaxed, but there’s a limit on how relaxed we can be, without starting to get lawsuits, which I will not be able to fight off. I also host other communities and interests which might cause me headaches.
Remember, this is a hobby project (and none of you scurvy dogs are donating) :D
So here are some piracy-related ground rules for he whole of lemmy.dbzer0.com as of today
All in all, this lemmy is supposed to be Pirate-allied, but not a direct link repository. I literally cannot handle that legal risk at the moment. I hope you all understand the realities of our situation. As much as we can argue that a link to a file is not infringing, the Cartel’s legal fund is bottomless, and all I have is a tinsy-tiny treasure chest under my birdbath.
If any pirate communites need to migrate after this, I understand. I would still suggest you keep them around as the “safe” community, and post your link aggregation on a lemmy instance which can handle the eye of sauron. This way you get both a stable community and account, and your links via fediverse. Win-win.
1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy
2. Don’t request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote
3. Don’t request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs
4. Don’t submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others
💰 Please help cover server costs.
I suggest to post any links here encoded in base64 (see 64decode.org/) It’s easy encryption/decryption.
That way the DMCA crawlers can’t get to it. That is how some forums operate, and I love the idea.
Yes but it might be only a batter of time until they catch up. Keep to the main rule about no direct links even under b64. I am too poor for lawyers yo
It’s not encryption. Or rather, it’s about as much encryption as ROT-13.