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Hosting the sites on Pwned Hardware and IPs seems like a reasonable precaution (though doubtful that is what is actually done these days since at least sites li
by dtx1 3y ago
Hosting the sites on Pwned Hardware and IPs seems like a reasonable precaution (though doubtful that is what is actually done these days since at least sites like 1337x.to or thepiratebay.org seem to have uptimes and speeds that would make such a setup at least unlikely to be practical for their usecases. I suspect they are using servers in non-compliant states and use cloudflare as a global CDN where possible.
Still doesn't quite make sense to me but the court being completely retarded in that regard wouldn't suprise me when it comes to german courts and internet law. Though it seems that this cologne court has at least understood the issue, especially compared to the clowshow thats the OLG Hamburg.
- immibis 3y agoFYI: The Pirate Bay is fully legal in Sweden, where it is hosted. Although it's frequently had to change internet providers and physical locations at the discretion of those providers, and its creators went to jail for 1 year due to a corrupt justice system (e.g. judges having links to copyright companies), it was never proven that any crime was actually committed by them. Germany takes the exact opposite extremist view.