▲ 274 ▼ I smell corporate hypocrisy… (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 day ago by oldmanalex@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 64 points 1 day ago* (2 children) If they win, doesn't that set a precedent for piracy in general? Ironically they might make piracy harder to prosecute. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheFogan@programming.dev 10 points 1 day ago I'd hope, but basically they are only protecting downloading, for the most part 99% of piracy prosecution has already shifted focus to uploading, and really the focus is far more on the companies hosting etc... because they learned in the napster era that suing grandmothers and children doesn't really win the PR wars. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago Too bad FB never started a media company. Amazon would never make claims like this about stealing media because they make media and wouldn't want to give people the right to pirate their shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 10 points 1 day ago I'd hope, but basically they are only protecting downloading, for the most part 99% of piracy prosecution has already shifted focus to uploading, and really the focus is far more on the companies hosting etc... because they learned in the napster era that suing grandmothers and children doesn't really win the PR wars. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago Too bad FB never started a media company. Amazon would never make claims like this about stealing media because they make media and wouldn't want to give people the right to pirate their shit. permalink fedilink source parent
