Unremoval of Piracy Communities
Unremoval of Piracy Communities
Hello World!
As we've all known and talked about quite a lot, we previously blocked several piracy-focused communities. These communities, as announced, were:
- !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com,
- !steamdeckpirates@lemmy.dbzer0.com,
- !piracy@lemmy.ml, and their local counterparts as follow up actions.
In our removal announcement, we stated that we will continue to look into this more in detail, and re-allow these communities if and when we deem it safe. It was a solid concern at the time, because we were already receiving takedown requests as well as constant attacks, and didn't want to put our volunteer team at risk. We had zero measures in place, and the tools we had were insufficient to deal with anything at scale.
Well, after back and forth with some very cool people, and starting to have proper measures as well as tooling to protect ourselves, we decided it's time to welcome these communities back again. Long live the IT nerds!
We know it's been a rough ride with everything, and we'd like to thank every one of you who were understanding of us, and stayed with us all the way. Please know that as users, you are what makes this platform what it is, and damned we be if we ever forget it.
With love, and as always, stay safe in the high seas!
Lemmy.world Team
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This is what I like to see. Not just heels digging in, but explanations as to why, the follow-ups, the investigation of options and follow through. Thanks for the transparency. Piracy has and won’t ever go away. I used to pirate due to lack of money and resources. When I had those I went legit. When legit sources started turning into:
- monthly subscriptions for everything
- when legit sources suddenly delete or remove content from their systems (to avoid paying taxes?)
- when the rates go up for everything (internet access AND streaming services)
- now ads in your paid services unless you pay more (Amazon)
- Plex trying to go legit and police where and how people run their private streaming, fucking over license holders who built the financial footing they could stand on in the first place. Cool.
You can’t rely on any shit from these services, except for one shit… enshittification.
I don’t want to sound negative, but as a consumer, it’s been nothing but ads rammed down our throats from everywhere we go and look. They lie, they change rates, they shrinkflate, while their pockets get bigger. Long live piracy.
Yet another informative post, and a decision that takes some guts and you're willing to take on some extra work and risk in order to make the instance better
I didn't want to have to do this, but you've brought this upon yourself. You give me no choice but to... donate money to you which you so damn well deserve!
Let this be a reminder that actions have consequences!
I'm glad you guys took a measured approach. This right here is the difference between a corporation and Lemmy. I can't imagine a for-profit reversing its decision in the interest of the community unless it affected their bottom line or stock price. Hats off to the admin team for working through all these complex issues.
Hey that's great, good job! I'm so unused to any disappointing decision being reversed, this really is an amazing site.
Now please unremove the shroom community as next priority. Empowering open minded people with the option and knowledge to heal themselves through the use of psychadelics (and other kinds of mushrooms that can potentially help fight diseases such as cancer) that they can grow themselves without big pharma and giving them a community to share their advice+experiences is the right thing to do.
Thank you for doing all of this including writing this post. The haters are binary thinkers who can't be bothered with pesky things like "context" and "reality"
This is why lemmy is already better than Reddit. Thanks for being transparent and following through.
Excellent news. Respect.
Thank you for being willing to protect this service when necessary, and improve it when able.
Thank you for being so transparent with us.
Well damn, thanks for getting it done. Didn't think it would happen and I wasn't surprised you guys wanted to avoid the legal risk.
Great news!
Thank you a lot for the hard work and also for being introspective and finding flexible solutions.
Do what you want because a pirate is free! You are a pirate!
Yar har fiddle dee dee Being a pirate is all right with me!
This was the right move.
This is amazing! You love to see it!
You guys rock. I fucking love lemmy 🐭
Awesome
Awesome!
Hear Ye, Nerevar, and listen well. 'Tis I, Lord Dagoth, master of these lands, who brings you the gospel of gaming. Games are not just a means of fun and entertainment, but also a way of preserving our history. Piracy, which so many foolish people seem to hate, is a necessary means of archiving old games, lest they be lost forever. As for the Argonians, and other beasts that call themselves 'gamers,' their greed knows no bounds. Their constant calls for new games only fuel the fires of corruption and destruction that blight the industry.
Finally. I've been more active over on .ml because of this. Glad you guys are reasonable and reversed the decision.
Nice!!
Man I love lemmy
It was a solid concern at the time, because we were already receiving takedown requests as well as constant attacks, and didn’t want to put our volunteer team at risk. We had zero measures in place, and the tools we had were insufficient to deal with anything at scale.
Understandable. I am curious, how do instances deal with take down notices for another instance?
Fair play
A very good decision 🙂
Yeeeessss! These unique communities are what brought me to Reddit. I hope that carries over to Lemmy! Thanks ❤️
Respect, Lemmy, respect.
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Was worried after the first week that the decision was made and moved past but I'm very happy to see that not he the case. I like this instance but the removal of communities I browse is tough to look past so this is much appreciated.
YAYYYY
Fuck yes. Thaaaaaaaaank you so much!
Even if this weren’t what I wanted, I’m delighted to see leaders who can change their minds. Thank you for that, too.
I guess I can use this account then
Better late than never
Parley!
Good
Fantastic news. Really appreciate the openness these last weeks.
Im not on lemmy.world but this is still pretty cool
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Gooooood
Great stuff, thanks!
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
piracy has been removed again
Great News 👏👏👏
amazing work modmins, thank you so much!
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Yarr!
Well this is welcome news for sure!
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I didn't agree with your decision and decided to move because of it. Glad to see that you worked the issue and this was resolved.
Yay
Nice.
Never should have blocked them in the first place.
Piracy is a right of the people as far I'm concerned, a way to fight back against corruption
Is there a safe place to discuss piracy on the web ?
Exactly
Lemmy.world sux fuck you pricks.
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Show me someone who claims to have always been legit and I show you someone who has lied at least once.
I don't mind piracy much but don't rely on it anymore.
But I can perfectly understand if Lemmy wants to distance from Pirate/Warez Sites. Those Sites may cooperate between themselves but not within the Lemmy Backbone.
Give me upvotes to proof its unblocked
Don't mean to sound harsh, buts it's too little too late for me.
Already made the switch to lemm.ee, and the trust that something similar won't be done in the future just isn't there.
I am fairly sure that good parts of that post are lies, I looked quite close at the situation when it happened and from all I could find those "takedown requests" was a single troll who got banned dbzer0 for their right extreme garbage. You also made claims about unmoderated illegal material in those communities which was simply wrong but I would have understood the move if you explained it like you do here right from the start and it's great to see a mistake reversed! I am not going to pretend that this Federation while not actually illegal can't cause annoyances and it's great to see you reverse it despite that, keep it up! :)
