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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 righ
by 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 agoSounds 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 agoAfaik 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.