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Lemmy.world deleting posts with archive links and posts questioning the decision. (lemmy.ml)
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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!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Do not under estimate the copyright mafia. The pirate bay admins spent time in jail (and didn't host anything).

Hosting copyright infringement is taken seriously, including civil damage which would definitely bankrupt a non profit organization. But it could result in jail time if the administrators don't take action.

A small team like LW (or any Lemmy instance) doesn't have a team of lawyers dealing with that shit. Please be kind with your admin and follow the laws, even the ones which suck

[โ€“] Feyter 1 points 1 year ago

I don't know how realistic such concerns are but that does not explain why any discussion about this topic is suppressed. If admins of Lemmy world really have fears about this then it should be discussed wildly to show how far copyright mafia had made it.

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