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How the hell is taking down private photos obtained through illegal means censorship?

• wcummings 12y ago
  They weren't hosted by reddit, only indexed. Same legal argument made by The Pirate Bay. (Not a lawyer but) I think they would have been within their legal rights to say "not our problem", so it became an ethical consideration. Then they're in the game of saying "we won't takedown any content, except when we do." Here's a good example: there are a few assisted suicide subreddits, do you feel those should be removed? Do you think the reddit admins are the people who should be making that judgement?
  • pyre 12y ago
    Sounds like one of the concerns was logistical. There were so many DMCA takedown requests, reposts, etc, that it was taking up too much of their time/effort. If this actually was the case, do you say that they are obligated to just 'tough it out' or can they make a judgement call that it's not worth the extra effort?
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  • _delirium 12y ago
    Afaik reddit has the same policy about pirated stuff (unlike The Pirate Bay). You can't have a subreddit that's dedicated to mainly posting links to unauthorized copies of software/music/etc. Or rather you can if it's low-key, but if it attracts any outside attention or legal complaints, Reddit will shut it down.
• miguelrochefort 12y ago
  "Private photos" shouldn't be a thing in the first place. I'm not arguing whether or not what they did is legal. I'm simply communicating an ideal.
  • adestefan 12y ago
    Then private communication shouldn't be a thing. In that case we should just allow all wiretapping and ban encryption
    • miguelrochefort 12y ago
      We should allow all non-coercive wiretapping. We should not ban encryption, although I see no reason to use it for anything.