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Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal without proof of seeding (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Maroon@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

That's like saying, it isn't illegal to DDOS Meta sites without proof of owning the bot-net.

[–] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I am fine if they want to fight to set a case where piracy is not illegal.

I do think they are profiting off that content, and that definitely is illegal.

[–] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

They also maybe didn't seed that content but they are still passing it out through another channel now.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ignorance of the law is not protection from the law

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

That only applies to poor people in that shit hole country.