• VonReposti
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    1 year ago

    No illegal content

    Illegal in which country? Copyright infringement isn’t illegal in my country for example, except for severe cases where you’re profiting off of it. If we have to cater to all countries’ laws we might as well ban music as well since it’s illegal in Afghanistan.

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      1 year ago

      The catch is it is illegal in the USA. The laws of the USA do not stop at their borders and they have successfully prosecuted people abroad for violating US copyright/trademark law.

      Im not sure the admins need to fear Afghanistan but the US courts will absolutely pursue claims.

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      1 year ago

      Illegal in which country?

      I’m assuming Germany. As I understand, lemmy.world’s admin is Dutch, the servers are located in Finland and they are leased from a German company. So if piracy is illegal in any of these countries, they could get into trouble. From what I know, Germany is quite strict, so I’m guessing that is the concern.