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

    • Samuel Proulx@rblind.com
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      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
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        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.

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      Glad to see Lemmy.world doing their part to keep the Fediverse safe and legal for all users here.

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        The contents are still hosted by respective instances.

        World achieves nothing, they dont even host the contents. This is pure power trip or irrational fear, or both.

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      Is allowing access to piracy resources the same as hosting piracy resources? Is Comcast at risk of being shut down because they didn’t block everyone’s access to RARBG? This is largely rhetorical; the answer is “no”. lemmy.world’s admins are not being honest.