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2mo ago

Pirates Rejoice! Meta/Facebook Condones Piracy if Seeding Can't be Proven.

arstechnica.com

Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/18686776

Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding

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That's is how things used to work here in the Netherlands, until the EU forced us to change our laws in 2014:
https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/aci-adam-bv-and-others-v-stichting-de-thuiskopie-stichting-onderhandelingen-thuiskopie-vergoeding/
- So Facebook has to be sued in the Netherlands for it to succeed 👌 If somebody goes through with it, that would be a great popcorn moment.
  Anti Commercial-AI license
  
  Or anywhere in the EU. And I don't think the USA is more lenient on piracy. But perhaps they are if a big company is the one doing it.

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