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Why would an admin run a server if they might have the feds knocking at their door? Sure, people might run nodes that host only their content, but they sure are
by dymk 3mo ago
Why would an admin run a server if they might have the feds knocking at their door? Sure, people might run nodes that host only their content, but they sure are disincentivized from running any sort of shared service.
This is the same problem as TOR exit nodes and why 3 letter agencies run most of them.
- mywittyname 3mo agoMaybe the live where the feds can't get them?
- pocksuppet 3mo agoThis is the same problem as why an admin would run a forum if the feds might knock at the door, or why an admin would run a website about cats if the feds might knock at the door. It's an overblown fear.
- dymk 3mo agoYou don't have to convince me, you have to convince all the would-be hosts who would rather not take the chance.
- pocksuppet 3mo agoPeople do host those things, so clearly they don't need convincing. I'm replying to you because you are the one who said it on Hacker News, and I'm concerned that people might read the FUD on Hacker News and it might stop them from hosting something.
- ShinyLeftPad 3mo agoit's a safe harbor. If the admin unlists videos when they get a DMCA takedown they are in the green. believe it or not, YT too gets a crapload of copyrighted content uploaded hourly yet they exist
- dymk 3mo agoBelieve it or not, the RIAA does not care, and YouTube has four orders of magnitude more lawyers than you do
- ShinyLeftPad 3mo agoRIAA can't do nothing unless you ignore DMCA. it's called safe harbor