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Unremoval of Piracy Communities (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by lwadmin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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Hello World!

As we've all known and talked about quite a lot, we previously blocked several piracy-focused communities. These communities, as announced, were:

!piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com,
!steamdeckpirates@lemmy.dbzer0.com,
!piracy@lemmy.ml, and their local counterparts as follow up actions.

In our removal announcement, we stated that we will continue to look into this more in detail, and re-allow these communities if and when we deem it safe. It was a solid concern at the time, because we were already receiving takedown requests as well as constant attacks, and didn't want to put our volunteer team at risk. We had zero measures in place, and the tools we had were insufficient to deal with anything at scale.

Well, after back and forth with some very cool people, and starting to have proper measures as well as tooling to protect ourselves, we decided it's time to welcome these communities back again. Long live the IT nerds!

We know it's been a rough ride with everything, and we'd like to thank every one of you who were understanding of us, and stayed with us all the way. Please know that as users, you are what makes this platform what it is, and damned we be if we ever forget it.

With love, and as always, stay safe in the high seas!

Lemmy.world Team

❤️

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[-] workerONE@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Finally I can talk about these John Meyer live bootlegs

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[-] Zoldyck@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Awesome

[-] couragethebravedog@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Finally. I've been more active over on .ml because of this. Glad you guys are reasonable and reversed the decision.

[-] Photographer@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

because we were already receiving takedown requests

How are you dealing with these now?

have proper measures as well as tooling to protect ourselves

Is this just in relation to the attacks or also the content, can you share anything?

[-] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Assuming they don't want to end up like Aaron Swartz... I'm guessing they are deleted. Unfortunately it's just too expensive to try to fight DMCA notices. Kim Dotcom has been trying that for a full decade now - his legal costs have surely stretched into tens of millions of dollars and he's lost pretty much every step of the way. All the money he's burned on this has delayed a lengthy prison sentence, he's unlikely to win and would have got a lighter sentence with an early guilty plea.

As to the tooling... AFAIK it's not possible to delete some things in Lemmy. I expect they've fixed that now. At least for things that are likely to be on the receiving end of a DMCA notice.

[-] ieightpi@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

You guys rock. I fucking love lemmy 🐭

[-] techgearwhips@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Nice!!

[-] DagothUr@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Hear Ye, Nerevar, and listen well. 'Tis I, Lord Dagoth, master of these lands, who brings you the gospel of gaming. Games are not just a means of fun and entertainment, but also a way of preserving our history. Piracy, which so many foolish people seem to hate, is a necessary means of archiving old games, lest they be lost forever. As for the Argonians, and other beasts that call themselves 'gamers,' their greed knows no bounds. Their constant calls for new games only fuel the fires of corruption and destruction that blight the industry.

[-] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago

I didn't agree with your decision and decided to move because of it. Glad to see that you worked the issue and this was resolved. pirate captain giving the thumbs up

[-] TheDuckPrince@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

Too late I've already delete my lemmy.world account

[-] Mereo@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

Good for you... anyways... what were we saying?

[-] Companion1666@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

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[-] theDIESEL999@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

A very good decision 🙂

[-] BoiLudens@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Man I love lemmy

[-] shadearg@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠

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[-] nl4real@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It was a solid concern at the time, because we were already receiving takedown requests as well as constant attacks, and didn’t want to put our volunteer team at risk. We had zero measures in place, and the tools we had were insufficient to deal with anything at scale.

Understandable. I am curious, how do instances deal with take down notices for another instance?

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[-] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Fair play

[-] Fez@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Yeeeessss! These unique communities are what brought me to Reddit. I hope that carries over to Lemmy! Thanks ❤️

[-] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Was worried after the first week that the decision was made and moved past but I'm very happy to see that not he the case. I like this instance but the removal of communities I browse is tough to look past so this is much appreciated.