The general sidebar and the c/piracy sidebars are empty of guidance. If piracy links were clearly allowed, more people would post them. If piracy links aren’t allowed, we keep ourselves safe from C&Ds, legal action, etc.

Right now, we have the worst of both worlds: we are vulnerable to legal action AND there is no clear mandate what forms of piracy are allowed so some people don’t feel comfortable doing so, so posts trickle.

These I gather are okay because the sidebar links to r/piracy megathread backups:

  • Links to a directory of sites that host pirated content
  • Links to sites with direct downloads

Are these okay?

  • Links to specific releases via bittorrent
  • Links to specific releases via sites with direct downloads
  • News of specific releases but not linking

Some new users don’t even know whether advocacy of piracy is okay. The only thing I’ve sort of gathered is that in practice, anything goes short of actually hosting copyrighted material on Lemmy servers. And that magnet links are apparently okay according to Dessalines’ pinned post (but that should go in the sidebar if true).

    • Nioxic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      This one is the “official” failover community from reddit, though

      so why go to the one you link?

      • tiwenty@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I don’t understand you. What’s more official than the top mod from Reddit creating a community which happens to be the one I linked?

    • silent_clash@lemmygrad.mlOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Ironically, their sidebar clearly states that linking to or asking for specific titles is against the rules.

      ⚓ A community devoted to in-depth debate on topics concerning digital piracy, ethical problems, and legal advancements.

      𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟! Rules

      1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy

      2. Don’t request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote

      3. Don’t request or link to specific pirated titles

      4. Don’t be repetitious, spam, harass others, or submit low-quality posts

      I’m starting to think that Lemmy is generally not a good way to disseminate pirated material unless it was a siloed instance specifically for that and hosted in a country with lax copyright enforcement.