i guess now that we have a separate libgen community, i would ask about this in a separate post

anyway, following the recent posts on /r/libgen and /r/datahoarder i thought about hosting some of the content on libgen over IPFS on my home server rpi, however, this is obviously a new level of sharing copyrighted content as compared to small scale movie/tv series sharing over bittorrent, which goes almost universally unnoticed and without consequences here

and as such any legal implications, i would assume are different as well

does anyone know what the track record, so to speak, is on this issue in eastern europe in general, or in russia in particular?

  • @shrineM
    5•3 years ago

    The ceremonial first thread Q/A! Wish there was a better A.

    • There’s no evidence of the publishers monitoring the torrents or any uploaders (yet). They have always gone after the domains. But IPFS is a completely new frontier.
    • Your IP is public facing, you’re connecting to actual clients who are downloading from you.

    If you’re not in West Europe or US/Canada then your legal risk exposure is reduced greatly, but not erased… I’d never tell anyone it is 100% safe.