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What happened to the main Piracy community (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by techgearwhips@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It's gone. Wanted to ask over here before I went to check on Reddit.

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[–] fastfinge@rblind.com 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can someone transcribe this for those of us using screen readers? As a server in Canada, We're also worried about the hosting risk of the piracy community and considering blocking it. I'd love to read the LW statement.

[–] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They made a announcement here on Lemmy https://lemmy.world/post/3234363

The original was posted on discord. It was:

Removal of Piracy Communities

Earlier today, after review, we blocked and removed several communities that were providing assistance to access copyrighted/pirated material, which is currently not allowed per Rule #1 of our Code of Conduct.

The communities that were removed due to this decision were: !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com, !piracy@lemmy.ml, !steamdeckpirates@lemmy.dbzer0.com.

We took this action to protect lemmy.world, lemmy.world's users, and lemmy.world staff as the material posted in those communities could be problematic for us, because of potential legal issues around copyrighted material and services that provide access to or assitance in obtaining it.

[–] fastfinge@rblind.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks! Perfect. Wish I could award...Lemmy Gold? LOL

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Lemmy Lemon 🍋

[–] hsl@wayfarershaven.eu 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's the original announcement in text: https://lemmy.world/post/3234363

Thanks for the reminder that screenshots aren't accessible for everyone.

[–] fastfinge@rblind.com 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I didn't realize there was an announcement on Lemmy, or I would have searched. Unfortunately screenshots are kind of the only way to share posts on Discord, because you can't link someone to a Discord message on a server they're not a member of, so I can't blame you for a screenshot there. However, it is possible to add alt-text on images you post to Lemmy. :-)