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linking to illegal data may be prosecuted as distribution, even if you're not the host if you're contributing to a distributed index where people are searching
by jazzyjackson 3y ago
linking to illegal data may be prosecuted as distribution, even if you're not the host
if you're contributing to a distributed index where people are searching and retrieving material thanks to the meta data on your drive, IMHO that's pretty close to distribution
- amelius 3y agoSo if someone puts a sticker on your car that has the url of an illegal website, then you may be prosecuted for illegal distribution?
- jazzyjackson 3y agoIf i signed up for a membership to the "stick an url on my car club" then yea
- nextaccountic 3y ago> linking to illegal data may be prosecuted as distribution, even if you're not the host Google also links to illegal data and actually Google is probably the largest distributor illegal data in human history (if by "distribution" we include linking)
- jazzyjackson 3y agoand they benefit from safe harbor laws allowing them to remove the link as they are notified of its illegality
- nextaccountic 3y agoYeah the point here is how this kind of legislation can also benefit distributed search engines Otherwise what is actually being legislated here is that search engines must be centralized, cementing Google's stranglehold on this field