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Disqus is Deleting Pirate Site Communities on Short Notice. (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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After 15 years or so of relatively plain sailing, comment platform Disqus is cracking down on sites that violate its terms of service. Pirate manga and anime sites have received notifications that Disqus will no longer provide services after copyright infringement came to its attention. With evictions now spreading to sites including FitGirl Repacks and KickassAnime, it's a race against the clock to export years of chat in the 24/48 hours notice given.

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[-] camilledockham@jlai.lu 24 points 1 month ago

People have warned about this risk since disqus started getting popular. Based on my experience, no matter how nice you try to be about it, people choosing this kind of solution can give zero fucks about this, and consider that immediate convenience trumps everything. So, cheh.