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Is it dangerous to host sites like this? I love making tools like this but worry about the repercussions

Zuiii 4y ago
Seeing that the US managed to extradite a British citizen from his own country for hosting links, I would definitely say so. The right way is to do this is to host this on tor or similar and only advertise it on the internet behind a good vpn. It's ridiculous that this is what people need to do to help others, but that's what ridiculous laws and circus courts get you.
- dredmorbius 4y ago
  Which case are you referring to?
  - lioeters 4y ago
    > Britain has authorised the extradition to the United States of a student who created a website allowing people to watch films and television shows for free, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. > ..[The 23-year-old student] allegedly earned tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) through advertising on the TVShack website before it was closed down by US authorities. > The student would be the first British citizen extradited for such an offence. He faces jail if found guilty of the charges, which were brought after a crackdown by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. > His lawyer had argued in court that the website did not store copyright material itself and merely directed users to other sites, making it similar to Google. > The lawyer also argued that his client was being used as a "guinea pig" for copyright law in the United States. https://phys.org/news/2012-03-britain-student-extradition-website.html https://phys.org/news/2012-03-britain-student-extradition-we...
    - dredmorbius 4y ago
      Thanks.
    - Duplo 4y ago
      All charges eventually dropped, a £20,000 fine and promise not to do it again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Dwyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Dwyer Seems he now runs a software biz.
      - lioeters 4y ago
        That's great to hear!
DoItToMe81 4y ago
Anglo countries tend to aggressively extradite, even for things that are not major crimes by their own law, to the US over copyright related offences. I'd tread with extreme caution.
MikusR 4y ago
About as dangerous as using it because ipfs is NOT anonymous.

Seeing that the US managed to extradite a British citizen from his own country for hosting links, I would definitely say so. The right way is to do this is to host this on tor or similar and only advertise it on the internet behind a good vpn. It's ridiculous that this is what people need to do to help others, but that's what ridiculous laws and circus courts get you.

dredmorbius 4y ago
Which case are you referring to?
- lioeters 4y ago
  > Britain has authorised the extradition to the United States of a student who created a website allowing people to watch films and television shows for free, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. > ..[The 23-year-old student] allegedly earned tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) through advertising on the TVShack website before it was closed down by US authorities. > The student would be the first British citizen extradited for such an offence. He faces jail if found guilty of the charges, which were brought after a crackdown by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. > His lawyer had argued in court that the website did not store copyright material itself and merely directed users to other sites, making it similar to Google. > The lawyer also argued that his client was being used as a "guinea pig" for copyright law in the United States. https://phys.org/news/2012-03-britain-student-extradition-website.html https://phys.org/news/2012-03-britain-student-extradition-we...
  - dredmorbius 4y ago
    Thanks.
  - Duplo 4y ago
    All charges eventually dropped, a £20,000 fine and promise not to do it again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Dwyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Dwyer Seems he now runs a software biz.
    - lioeters 4y ago
      That's great to hear!

DoItToMe81 4y ago

Anglo countries tend to aggressively extradite, even for things that are not major crimes by their own law, to the US over copyright related offences. I'd tread with extreme caution.

MikusR 4y ago

About as dangerous as using it because ipfs is NOT anonymous.