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minus-square@Scrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglish32•3 days agoThat’s exactly what Meta did, they torrented the full libgen database of books. If they can do it, anybody should be able to do it.
minus-square@golden_zealot@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish21•3 days agoI like how their whole excuse to that was “WE DIDN’T SEED ANY OF IT BACK THOUGH” which arguably makes it even worse lol.
minus-square@finitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 days agoTechnically it was never illegal in the US to download copywritten content. It was illegal to distribute them. That was literally Meta’s defence in court: they didn’t seed any downloads.
minus-square@utopiah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 days ago they didn’t seed any downloads So Meta, 100% leeching.
That’s exactly what Meta did, they torrented the full libgen database of books.
If they can do it, anybody should be able to do it.
I like how their whole excuse to that was “WE DIDN’T SEED ANY OF IT BACK THOUGH” which arguably makes it even worse lol.
Technically it was never illegal in the US to download copywritten content. It was illegal to distribute them. That was literally Meta’s defence in court: they didn’t seed any downloads.
So Meta, 100% leeching.