I'm half meming with the title but at the same time Meta publicly claiming that pirating books isn't illegal if there's no proof of seeding seems real ridiculous

Zuck continues to display true idiocy at work:

rules for thee but not for capitalists

[–] matey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

On the other hand, making new precedent?

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

Is it that new? For the most part, the only people getting targeted with more than stern letters from their ISPs nowadays are members of cracking/release groups, or hosts of trackers themselves.

Im sorta worried if they do get punished for it, because if anything that'll make the precedent to punish torrenters over the current precedent of targeting original uploaders.

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 5 points 22 hours ago

Well. That statement isn't completely wrong. If there is no evidence and can't be proven

[–] Noughtmare@programming.dev 14 points 21 hours ago

That's is how things used to work here in the Netherlands, until the EU forced us to change our laws in 2014:

https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/aci-adam-bv-and-others-v-stichting-de-thuiskopie-stichting-onderhandelingen-thuiskopie-vergoeding/