• Kes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      They’re just normal people running the instance, not a major corporation with a legal team. While it’s unfortunate they defederated, it’s understandable that they’d rather be overly cautious when it comes to stuff they can be sued for

      • mysoulishome@midwest.social
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        1 year ago

        Yep I love piracy but I have a real life and I’d think twice about what I hosted if i ran an instance…no matter what I believe and the low likelihood of legal consequences. Hosting an instance is a hobby. I have to click two buttons in the app I use to access this place on another account. Who cares.

      • Whirlybird@aussie.zone
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        1 year ago

        it’s understandable that they’d rather be overly cautious when it comes to stuff they can be sued for

        Anyone can be sued for anything. That alone isn’t a good reason.

        A website like this is never going to be actually held liable for people making comments about piracy. That’s not how the law works.

    • ramble81@lemmynsfw.com
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      1 year ago

      No one has been able to correctly enumerate what “legal trouble” there was. It was proactive with nothing leveraged against them.