Lemmy.world has somehow decided to become to extreme defenders of “copyright” and decided they will now delete posts that contain archive links in an absurd move that not even corporate websites like Reddit do. Archive links provide a service to provide access to an article long after it is deleted or changed.

They made this post and locked it immediately so no one can comment on how ridiculous it is and they’re deleting threads about the decision…

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6711646

The LW admins have requested that communities remove any posts that include the entire article or archive links to articles.

A short summary is allowed, but large segments of articles posted in the body will result in the post being removed. This includes links to sites that rehost copyrighted articles for paywall sites.

If your post is removed for a rule 1 violation you can edit the post and let the moderators know the copyrighted material has been removed.

Thanks All!

  • DogMuffinsEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    you always look for the deep pockets because you can’t get anything from a lawsuit if the defendant can’t pay.

    This is only for sketchy lawyers though? If you’ve been retained by a rights holder then you’re getting paid.

    The risk to a Lemmy instance from allowing this is literally zero.

    It’s not about the actual risk, it’s about being able to deal with the shit storm. If I hosted an instance for the lolz and started getting takedown notices I couldn’t be assed trying to measure the risk.