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Pirates Rejoice! Meta/Facebook Condones Piracy if Seeding Can't be Proven.

arstechnica.com Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding

Meta’s copyright defense may hinge on court ignorance of torrenting terminology.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/18686776

Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding

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That's is how things used to work here in the Netherlands, until the EU forced us to change our laws in 2014:
https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/aci-adam-bv-and-others-v-stichting-de-thuiskopie-stichting-onderhandelingen-thuiskopie-vergoeding/
- So Facebook has to be sued in the Netherlands for it to succeed 👌 If somebody goes through with it, that would be a great popcorn moment.
  Anti Commercial-AI license
  
  Or anywhere in the EU. And I don't think the USA is more lenient on piracy. But perhaps they are if a big company is the one doing it.

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